Muhammed Amin Andrabi
Muhammad Amin Andrabi (1940 in
Andrabi was schooled at the Islamia High School, Kashmir's first modern school. He had an early proclivity for languages and learned
Andrabi began his career as a teacher in the Islamia College of Science and Commerce in Srinagar, where he taught Urdu literature. In 1980 he joined the University of Kashmir as a professor. From the mid-1980s until his death he headed the university's Iqbal Institute, a research center where scholars pursue doctoral studies. There, Andrabi supervised and guided doctoral research in literature, criticism, philosophy, linguistics, history and comparative religion.
He was an authority on Urdu literature and is remembered for his contributions to literary criticism, comparative religion and Islamic philosophy. He authored two books and has been published in several literary journals worldwide.
References
- ^ "Prof Andrabi passes away". DAWN.COM. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ Muhammad Maroof Shah (5 August 2015). "A Scholar-Intellectual". Greater Kashmir. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016.
- hdl:10603/43465.