Rehana Khatoon

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Rehana Khatoon
Born (1948-08-30) 30 August 1948 (age 75)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)Indian teacher and writer
Years active(1975-present)
SpouseMashkoor Ur Rahman Ghyasi (m. 1969)
ChildrenBilal Rehman, Sabina Grand Children: Taha Rehman, Taseen Rehman, Rida Athar , Myiehsa Athar
ParentNazir Ahmed (scholar)
AwardsPadma Shri

Rehana Khatoon (born 30 August 1948) is an Indian scholar, teacher of Persian language, former Head of the Department of

University of Delhi[1] and the author of Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature (India and Pakistan).[2][3] She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contributions to the propagation of Persian language and literature.[4] Rehana Khatoon is the first woman alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University to be awarded the Padma Shri.[1][5]

Biography

Aligarh Muslim University - Rehana Khatoon's alma mater

Prof Rehana Khatoon is undoubtedly the world’s foremost expert on Arzu, and I hope to work primarily with her on Indo-Persian Philosophy and the politics of vernacular culture, wrote Dr. Arthur Dudney,[6] Columbia University, USA, an expert on Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu, the famous poet-scholar.[1][7]

God has given me a little courage and wisdom to serve Persian Literature a little. writes Rehana Khaloon[8]

Rehana Khatoon was born on 30 August 1948, in

University of Rome La Sapienza
.

Rehana Khatoon kept herself abreast with the developments in the Persian language by regularly attending refresher courses. She attended a two-month-long course organized by Bunyad-i-Farhang-i-Iran, Tehran, in 1978 and a four-month course by University of Isfahan, Iran, in 1995. She attended the course conducted by the Academic Sraff College, Jamia Millia Islamia and has attended 18 courses by the Iran Cultural Centre, New Delhi during the period from 1986 to 2006.[2][7]

Rehana Khatoon currently lives in Noida with her family.[7]

Positions

Apart from working as the Head of the Department of Persian Language, University of Delhi, Rehana Khatoon has served as the Deputy Coordicator of the DRS Programme of the

Amir Khusro Society, Encyclopedia of Persian of the Subcontinent and Anjuman Tarriqi Urdu.[1][7]

Awards and recognitions

Rehana Khatoon was awarded the Padma Shri, in 2014,[1][4][12] twenty seven years after her father, the 1987 Padma Shri award winner, Professor Nazir Ahmed was honoured by the Government of India.[1][9] She has also received many other awards such as:

Publications

Rehana Khatoon is credited with several books,

comparative philology and Persian language and literature.[1][7][10] She has also written a source book by name, Delhi: Past and Present: Focus on Persian Sources[10] Some of her notable works are:[7]

Books apart, Khatoon is credited with several published articles[1][2][15] on topics related to the Persian language. She has also translated a medical book on Diabetes, written by Dr. C. L. Arya and a story book, Mitti Se Heera by Professor Maqbool of Jamia Millia Islamia, from Hindi to Urdu.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "AMU Network - Facebook". AMU Network - Facebook. 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Sir Syed awards". Sir Syed Foundation. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ^ "SS Foundation". SS Foundation. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards Announced". Circular. Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Rehana Khatoon". YouTube video. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Dudney". Columbia University. 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bio". Web profile. 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Quote". Farhang Foundation. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Nazir Ahmed". Aligarh Movement. 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  10. ^ a b c d "DU Beat". DU Beat. 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Ghalib Institute". Ghalib Institute. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Times of India". Times of India. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Academy". jauharacademy.org. Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Academy. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Certificate of Honour". Two Circles. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  15. ^ "Article" (PDF). Amir Khusru Academic Society (AKSA). 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

External links

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