Dr. Syed Ehtisham Ahmed Nadvi is one of the top authorities on the Arabic language

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 and Islamic studies

Islamic studies

In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...

, specialising in Arabic Literary Criticism

Literary criticism

Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...

. He is the winner of the 1992 President's Award for Literature, the author of scores of books on Arabic, Urdu and Persian literature

Persian literature

Persian literature spans two-and-a-half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within historical Persia including present-day Iran as well as regions of Central Asia where the Persian language has historically been the national language...

. Most of the prescribed course books being taught in Indian universities

Universities and colleges in India

-North India:*Chandigarh*Delhi*Haryana*Himachal Pradesh*Jammu and Kashmir*Punjab*Rajasthan*Uttar Pradesh*Uttarakhand-South India:*Andhra Pradesh*Karnataka*Kerala*Pondicherry*Tamil Nadu-East India:*Bihar*Jharkhand*Orissa*West Bengal-West India:...

 have been authored by Dr. Nadvi.

Early life and education

Dr Nadvi was born in the village of Makhdoompur in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, India, into a well known family of Indian Muslim

Islam in India

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 intelligentsia belonging to the Syed-Qidwai clan. Other members of this well-known clan include Ali Mian

Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi

Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi also spelt Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadvi was a historian, Islamic scholar, and author of well over fifty books in various languages.-Education:He was born on 5 December 1913 and received his early education at his home in Takia,...

, and numerous other luminaries.

He is a graduate of the Natwatul Ullom

Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama

Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama is an Islamic institution at Lucknow, India, which draws large number of Muslim students from all over the country. Nadwa's objective was reaching a middle path between classical Islam and modernity...

 in Lucknow

Lucknow

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. He obtained his master's degree in Arabic from the Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...

, and subsequently his PhD from the same institution.