Azarmi Dukht Safavi

Azarmi Dukht Safavi (born 1948) is an Indian scholar and founding director of the Institute of Persian Research at Aligarh Muslim University. She is also the president of the All India Persian Teachers’ Association, New Delhi, and the editor of the Ghand Parsi magazine.[1] Safavi is an outstanding master of Persian literature and is the head of the Persian Language Research Center of the Aligarh University. [2]

Safavi is known for her works in the Gulistan.[3]

Early Life

Dr. Azarmi Dukht Safavi was born in 1948 in an educated and cultured family in Shamsabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her family belongs to the Safavid dynasty of Iran, and her forefathers migrated to India from Iran during the Nadir Shah period. She learned Persian from her father, who was an erudite scholar and writer of Persian. She was a member of the Editorial Board for Danishnam-i-Shibh-i-Qarreh (Encyclopedia of the Indian subcontinent) Qand-i-Parsi and Indo-Iranica.

Education
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After completing her primary and secondary education, Safavi joined Aligarh Muslim University to pursue higher studies in Persian. She completed her B.A. in 1966, then M.A. in 1968, and got her Ph.D. in Persian in 1974. The topic of her Ph.D. thesis was "Sadi as a Humanist and Lyricist." Her Ph.D. supervisor was (Late) Prof. Nazeer Ahmad.

After finishing her Ph.D., she was appointed as a lecturer in the Dept. of Persian, where she later became a Professor and taught for 32 years. Safavi commands Persian, English, Urdu, and Hindi.[4]

Persian origin

Prof. Safavi is from the family of the Nawabs of Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, India), and her family belongs to the Safavid dynasty of Iran. Shah Rahmatullah Safavi, the great grandfather of Prof. Safavi, came to India during the reign of the Indian Mughal king Muhammad Shah in 1737. He was the governor of Azeemabad (Patna). Later on, the family migrated to Delhi, then to Lucknow, and finally settled in Shamsabad, Uttar Pradesh, where they now have their properties and havelis. Prof. Safavi's great grandfather Nawab Wali, alias Nawab Dulha, was a prolific writer and author of more than 20 books in Persian. Her father, Mohammad Sadiq Safavi, was her first teacher of Persian, and he inspired her to study the language. He was a Persian scholar having done his M.A. in Persian from Aligarh Muslim University. His articles were regularly published in leading literary journals of Iran, including Yaghma, Sukhan, etc.[5]

Positions held

During her academic career, Prof. Safavi has held many responsible posts at the Aligarh Muslim University such as:

  1. Dean, Faculty of Arts
  2. Chairman, Dept. of Persian
  3. Director, General Education Centre
  4. Editor, University Literary Journal, etc.
  5. Awards Received:
  6. Presidents of India Award (2005) for Exemplary Persian Scholarship
  7. Saadi Literary Award, Iran Culture House, New Delhi
  8. Special Award for Foreign Persian Scholars, Govt. of Iran
  9. University Certificates for Distinguished Professor
  10. Ghalib Award
  11. Maikash Akbarabadi Award
  12. Felicitation and Award by Anjuman Mafakhir-o-Asrar Farngi, Tehran on 18 May 2015 (29 Urdibehesht, 1394); Citations by Farhangistan-i-Zaban-o-Adab Farsi, Danishgah-i-Payam-e-Noor, Danishgah-i-Shibhi Qarreh, etc.

Institute Of Persian Research

Prof. Safavi is the founder-director of the Institute of Persian Research established in 2006 at Aligarh Muslim University. She wrote a proposal for the establishment of the Institute, which was approved by the Government of India. Now the Institute is working vigorously for the development of Persian language and literature. Its programs include Publication, Seminars/Conferences, lectures by eminent Iranian and Indian scholars, training in modern/spoken Persian, et cetera. The Institute has published 45 books and monographs and organized seven seminars to date.

In 2006, she established the Persian Language Research Center at Aligarh University.

Articles

Prof. Safavi has published more than 150 research papers in Persian, English, and Urdu in national and international journals.

Books
  1. Tashreeh-ul-Aqwam, Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
  2. Akhbar-ul-Jamal, Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
  3. Bahr-e-Zakhkhar, (03 Volumes) Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
  4. Relevance of Rumi's Thought in Modern Times (Ed.)
  5. Sufistic Literature in Persian: Tradition and Dimensions, (Ed.) Vol. I & II
  6. Aftab-e-Alamtab, Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
  7. Tazkirah Writing in Persian, (Ed.) Vol. I& II
  8. Revisiting Adabiat-e-Dastani in Persian, (Ed.) Vol. I, II
  9. Unsut-Taibeen – English Translation
  10. Persian Masnawi, (Ed.) Vol. I,II
  11. Arafatul Ashiqin, Volume 2, Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
  12. Post Islamic Revolution Short Stories in Iran, Translation from Persian
  13. Indo-Iranian Heritage, (Ed.) Vol. I,II
  14. Nazm-e-Guzidah, Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
  15. Silkus Suluk, Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
  16. Chehl Namoos, Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes
  17. Persian Ghazal : Tradition and Dimensions, (Ed.) Vol. I&II
  18. Indology and Persian Literature, (Ed.)
  19. Humanism and Universal Brotherhood in Persian Literature, (Ed.) Vol. I,II
  20. Revolution & Creativity
  21. Ijaz Khusravi, English Translation, Vol. I, Smithsonian Institution, Amir Khusrau Society, Chicago, U.S.A.
  22. Mukhkhul Maana, Critical Edition with Introduction and notes
  23. Impact of Persian Language & Culture on India, (Ed.)
  24. Indo-Iran Relations, (Ed.)
  25. Contribution of Persian Language and Literature to the Composite Culture of India, (Ed.)
  26. Adab Shanasi
  27. Unsut-Taibeen – Annotated English Translation of Shiakh Ahmad Jam's Famous Sufistic Treatise; Zohra Publications, London, U.K.

Students

Among her students are:

  1. Prof. S. M. Asad Ali Khurshid, professor, Dept. of Persian, Aligarh Muslim University
  2. Dr. Rana Khurshid, Associate Professor, Dept. of Persian, Aligarh Muslim University
  3. Dr. Mohd. Usman Ghani, Associate Professor, Dept. of Persian, Aligarh Muslim University
  4. Dr. Md. Ehteshamuddin, Assistant Professor, Institute of Persian Research, A.M.U., Aligarh
  5. Mr. Mohd. Qamar Alam, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Persian, Aligarh Muslim University
  6. Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmad Khan, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Lucknow Center)
  7. Dr. Ahmad Joulai, Iran, and others.
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References
  1. "To sign an Agreement Between Islamic Azad University and the University of Aligarh of India in Developing Persian Language". ISCA News Agency.
  2. "Indian university holds confab on Iran's mystic poet Mowlavi". ibna.ir. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  3. "Indian university holds confab on Iran's mystic poet Mowlavi". iran english radio. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  4. "Expert from India". Ettelaat Newspaper.
  5. Kidwai, Shafey (5 October 2018). "Moments of introspection". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  • Head of Persian Language Research Center at India's Aligarh Muslim University Professor Azarmidokht Safavi,
  • Indian university holds confab on Iran's mystic poet Mowlavi
  • Indian university holds confab on Iran's mystic poet Mowlavi
  • Iranology Foundation.

Further reading
  • Bibliography:the Life and works of Prof. Safavi, 212 pages,Published : Anjuman-i-Asar-o-Mafakhir-i-Milli, Tehran, Urdebehesht, 1394 (May 2015)
  • Mushirul Hasan: "Nationalist and Separatist Trends in Aligarh, 1915–47" in Indian Economic and Social History Review (Jan 1985), Vol. 22 Issue 1, pp 1–33
  • Gail Minault and David Lelyveld: "The Campaign for a Muslim University 1898–1920" in Modern Asian Studies (March 1974) 8#2 pp 145–189

See also
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