Wikipedia's first sentence called it “indian sunni muslim scholar and senior professor of arabic language and ject of a doctoral study at assam unive”. Today it says “indian sunni muslim scholar”.
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Noor Alam Khalil Amini (18 December 1952 – 3 May 2021) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, academic and a litterateur of Arabic and Urdu. He was a senior professor of Arabic language and literature at the Darul Uloom Deoband . His book Falastin Fi Intezari Salahidin was subject of a doctoral study at Assam University and his book Miftahul Arabia is part of dars-e-nizami curricula in various madrasas. Amini was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Mau , Darul Uloom Deoband, Madrasa Aminia and the King Saud University . Safar-e-Hind [ Travel to India ]. "مولانا نور عالم خلیل امینی عربی و اردو کی مشترکہ لسانی روایت کے علم بردار تھے:ابرار احمد اجراوی" [Noor Alam Khalil Amini was well versed in the common linguistic tradition of Arabic and Urdu].
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Noor Alam Khalil Amini is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and senior professor of Arabic language and literature at Darul Uloom Deoband . His book Falastin Fi Intezari Salahidin was subject of a doctoral study at Assam University and his book Miftahul Arabia is part of dars-e-nizami curricula in various madrasas.
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Indian Islamic scholar (1952–2021) Noor Alam Khalil Amini (18 December 1952 – 3 May 2021) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, academic and a litterateur of Arabic and Urdu.He was a senior professor of Arabic language and literature at the Darul Uloom Deoband . His book Falastin Fi Intezari Salahidin was subject of a doctoral study at Assam University and his book Miftahul Arabia is part of dars-e-nizami curricula in various madrasas. Amini was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Mau , Darul Uloom Deoband, Madrasa Aminia and the King Saud University ."مولانا نور عالم خلیل امینی عربی و اردو کی مشترکہ لسانی روایت کے علم بردار تھے:ابرار احمد اجراوی" [Noor Alam Khalil Amini was well versed in the common linguistic tradition of Arabic and Urdu].
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indian sunni muslim scholar and senior professor of arabic language and ject of a doctoral study at assam unive
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indian sunni muslim scholar
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