Syed Ehtisham Ahmed Nadvi: Difference between revisions

Dr Nadvi was born in the village of Makhdoompur in Amethi, [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, into a well known family of [[Islam in India|Indian Muslim]] intelligentsia belonging to the Syed-Qidwai clan. Other members of this clan include [[Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi|Ali Mian]],<ref>Dr Shamshul Haq Alvi http://www.alvishams.com/</ref>

He is a graduate of the [[Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama|Natwatul Ullom]] in [[Lucknow]]. He obtained his master's degree in Arabic from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]], and subsequently his PhD from the same institution.

He was the Head of the Arabic Department at the [[University of Calicut]], [[Kerala]], and retired in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Retired Faculty |url=https://arabic.uoc.ac.in/index.php/administration/retired-faculties |website=University of Calicut |accessdate=26 September 2019}}</ref> During his tenure, he supervised the PhD theses of some notable scholars such as Prof. Dr. Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi.  A ''festschrift'' in his honour appeared in 2003.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Nadvi |editor1-first=S E A |editor2-last=Kutty |editor2-first=E K Ahmed |title=Arabic in South India : papers in honour of Prof. S.E.A. Nadvi |date=2003 |publisher=Dept. of Arabic, University of Calicut |location=Calicut |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/arabic-in-south-india-papers-in-honour-of-prof-sea-nadvi/oclc/74461872 |accessdate=26 September 2019 |language=English, Arabic}}</ref>