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{{Short description|Indian academic (1930–2013)}}
{{Overly detailed|date=April 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox religious biography|religion=[[Islam]]
| era = contemporary
| name = Syed Amin Ashraf
| birth_date ={{Birth date|df=yes|1930|07|10}}
| death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|02|07|1930|07|10}}
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| region = India
| main_interests = [[Ghazal|Urdu Ghazal]]
| works = ''Urdu Ghazal'', ''Urdu Literary Criticism''
}}

'''Syed Amin Ashraf''' (10 July 1930 – 7 February 2013) was an Indian Urdu Ghazal poet and critic.<ref name="Bio-bibliography.com">{{cite web | title=Authors | website=Bio-bibliography.com | url=http://www.bio-bibliography.com/authors/view/1570 | language=ur | access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref> He earned his PhD in English Literature from [[Aligarh Muslim University]] on the topic ''Major Themes and Imagery in Sarogini Naidu's Poetry'',<ref name="ir.amu.ac.in 2017">{{cite web | title=Major Themes and Imagery in Sarogini Naidu's Poetry - AMU Repository | website=ir.amu.ac.in | date=2017-12-08 | url=http://ir.amu.ac.in/4392/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208174755/http://ir.amu.ac.in/4392/ | archive-date=2017-12-08 | url-status=dead | access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref> and later served the same department.<ref name="Siddiqui 2016">{{cite news | last=Siddiqui | first=Mohammad Asim | title=Words for all times | website=The Hindu | date=2016-02-18 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/words-for-all-times/article8253522.ece | access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref> He produced three poetic collections and a critical compendium of essays in the form of a book. Several academic awards were conferred on his poetic anthologies, and numerous critical articles and books praised his poetic artistry.<ref>'Dr. Syed Amin Ashraf Ek Ta'aruf' by Prof. Iffat Aara in Kitab Numa, New Delhi (March 2013)</ref><ref>'Syed Amin Ashraf Ki Ek Mas'hoor Kardene Wali Ghazal' by Shameem Tarique in Aiwaane Urdu, Delhi ( March 2012)</ref><ref>''Shajar Saaya Daar: Syed Amin Ashraf'' by Rahsid Anwar Rashid in Aaj Kal, New Delhi (April 2013)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iri.aiou.edu.pk/indexing/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/06-sayyad-ameen-ashraf-1.pdf |title=سید امین اشرف |language=ur |access-date=31 May 2018 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203072812/http://iri.aiou.edu.pk/indexing/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/06-sayyad-ameen-ashraf-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography==
Syed Amin Ashraf was born on 10 July 1930 in Kichhauchha Sharif, the eldest child and son of his parents. His father was Syed Habeeb Ashraf. He worked as a librarian in the village's library.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} He received his primary education at a local [[madrasa]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], an [[Master of Arts|MA]] and a PhD degree from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syed Amin Ashraf Biography |url=https://www.poetrysoup.com/syed_amin_ashraf/biography |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=PoetrySoup.com |language=en}}</ref>

Ashraf wrote three poetic collections titled, 'Jadae Shab', 'Bahare Ijaad' and 'Qafase Rang'. ''Barg-o-Baar'' is a collection of his critical papers.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} He received awards from Ghalib Academy, New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy, Lucknow. He also served as the editor of the ''Aligarh Magazine'' during 1960's.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebook-detail/aligarh-magazine-shumara-number-000-syed-amin-ashraf-magazines|title = Aligarh Magazine}}</ref>

Ashraf died of a cardiac arrest in Aligarh, on 7 February 2013, at the age of 82. He was buried beside his father's grave near the shrine of [[Ashraf Jahangir Semnani]] at Kichaucha Sharif.<ref>'Qaumi Khabrein', Page 1, ''Urdu Daily'' (8 February 2013), Lucknow</ref><ref>'Inquilab', Page 15, ''Urdu Daily'' (8 February 2013), Lucknow</ref><ref>'Dainik Jaagran', Page 9, Hindi Daily (13 February 2013), Dhanbad</ref><ref name="Indian Muslim Blog 2006">{{cite web | title=Remembering Syed Amin Ashraf: Selection of couplets of the prominent Aligarh-based Urdu poet | website=Indian Muslim Blog | date=2006-07-11 | url=http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2013/05/remembering-syed-amin-ashraf-selection.html | access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref>

==Literary works==
* {{Cite book |last=Ashraf |first=Syed Amin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLxjAAAAMAAJ |title=Jada-e-Shab |publisher=Educational Publishing House |year=2000 |language=ur}}
* {{Cite book |last=Ashraf |first=Syed Amin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/bahar-e-ijad-syed-amin-ashraf-ebooks |title=Bahar-e-Ijad |publisher=Syed Amin Ashraf |year=2007 |trans-title=ur}}
* {{Cite book |last=Ashraf |first=Syed Amin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/qafas-e-rang-syed-amin-ashraf-ebooks |title=Qafas-e-Rang |publisher=Syed Amin Ashraf |year=2011 |editor-last=Rizwan |editor-first=Rizwanur Raza |language=ur}}
* {{Cite book |last=Ashraf |first=Syed Amin |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/barg-o-baar-syed-amin-ashraf-ebooks |title=Barg-o-Bahar |publisher=M K Offset Press |year=2012 |location=Delhi |language=ur}}

==Awards and honours received==
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* U.P. Urdu Academy Award on the book 'Bahare Ijaad', Lucknow(2007).
* U.P. Urdu Academy Award for contribution to Urdu Poetry, Lucknow (2010).<ref>{{Cite web |last=TwoCircles.net |date=2011-03-18 |title=State Urdu Academy Awards distributed in Lucknow |url=https://twocircles.net/2011mar18/state_urdu_academy_awards_distributed_lucknow.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=TwoCircles.net |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Maikash Award from Maikash Academy, Aligarh (2010).
* Ghalib Award from Ghalib Academy, New Delhi (2011).
* 19 Nov 2012 – 68. Sheri Nashist at the UGC ASC in honour of Dr. Syed Amin. Ashraf

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://rekhta.org/poets/amin-ashraf Syed Amin Ashraf] at [[Rekhta (website)|Rekhta]]

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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2013 deaths]]
[[Category:Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University]]
[[Category:People from Ambedkar Nagar district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Urdu-language poets]]
[[Category:Ghazal]]
[[Category:Urdu-language Indian writers]]
[[Category:Indian critics]]

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