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'''Muhammad Amin Andrabi''' ('''born''' 1940 in [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]], '''died''' 30 December 2001)<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof Andrabi passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/12713 |website=DAWN.COM |accessdate=15 July 2020|language=en |date=31 December 2001}}</ref> was a member of the prominent [[Andrabi]] [[Sayyed]] family. He was the son of the [[Sufi]] shaykh and a religious [[scholar]] Mir Ahmad. He belonged to the [[Traditionalist School]] of [[metaphysics]], inspired by authors like [[Ibn Arabi]], [[Muhammad Iqbal]], [[Frithjof Schuon]], [[Seyyed Hossein Nasr]] and [[Henry Corbin]].<ref>[http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/opinion/story/193515.html A Scholar-Intellectual]</ref><br />
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Andrabi was schooled at the [[Islamia High School]], Kashmir's first modern school. He had an early proclivity for languages and learned [[English language|English]], [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu]] in school. He earned his doctorate in [[Urdu]] from the University of Kashmir, studying under one of South Asia's most eminent 20th-century [[Urdu]] scholars, Aal-e-Ahmad Suroor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahmad |first1=Farooq |title=Prof Mohammad Amin Andrabi Hayat aur Karnamay |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43465 |website=University |language=Urdu |date=18 June 2015}}</ref> He was also instructed in [[Islamic]] history, law and philosophy by his father.<br />
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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 [[Muhammad Iqbal|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.<br />
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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.<ref>{{cite news |title=New political party to be launched in J&K tomorrow |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/new-political-party-to-be-launched-in-j-k-tomorrow/story-uuxkHZnQI4XcSs98iDstiI.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=22 August 2014 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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