Wikipedia's first sentence called it “senior professor of urdu at women's college”. Today it says “senior professor of urdu at the women's college of aligarh muslim university”.
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20th and 21st-century Islamic scholar and translator ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Syeda Ummehani Ashraf is a senior Professor of Urdu at Women's College , Aligarh Muslim University .1She is the wife of Urdu poet and critic, Syed Amin Ashraf , who was a faculty member at the Department of English at the same university.2The couple belongs to the family of Hashemite Syeds of Kichaucha Shariff (known as the Ashrafi family). She is the first lady of the Ashrafi clan to earn a doctorate degree and a professorship in a university. She has set a precedent for women of her clan to aspire for higher education.3
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She is the wife of Urdu poet and critic, Syed Amin Ashraf , who was a faculty member at the Department of English at the same university. The couple belongs to the family of Hashemite Syeds of Kichaucha Shariff (known as the Ashrafi family). She is the first lady of the Ashrafi clan to earn a doctorate degree and a professorship in a university. She has set a precedence for women of her clan to aspire for higher education.
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Indian academic ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Syeda Ummehani Ashraf is a senior Professor of Urdu at the Women's College of Aligarh Muslim University. She is the wife of Urdu poet and critic, Syed Amin Ashraf . She has authored books including A study of Classicism and Romanism in Urdu . http://ss1.amu.ac.in/dshowfacultydata2.jsp?did=96&eid=9611 .
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Indian academic ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Syeda Ummehani Ashraf is a senior Professor of Urdu at the Women's College of Aligarh Muslim University. She is the wife of Urdu poet and critic, Syed Amin Ashraf . She has authored books including A study of Classicism and Romanism in Urdu .
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senior professor of urdu at women's college
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senior professor of urdu at the women's college of aligarh muslim university
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