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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Professor, Maulana
| name = Sayed Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi
| image = Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi.jpg
| image_size =
| image_upright =
| alt = Syed Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi
| caption = Sayed Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Sayed Kafeel Ahmad
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|12|25}}
| birth_place = Jairampur, Kood, [[Cuttack district]], [[India]]
| occupation = Professor, Author, Translator
|genre =
| language = [[Arabic Language|Arabic]], [[Urdu Language|Urdu]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| citizenship = India
|education = [[Aalim]] [[M.A]] [[MPhil]] [[PhD]]
| alma_mater = Jamia Islamia Markazul Uloom, Sungra [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| notable_works = Al-Maqrizi: Hayātuhu, Bīatuhu, Aathāruh (Arabic) Aswāq e Arab Ka Mukhtasar Ta'aruf Kitaab al-Muqaffa V.4th (research)
| spouse =
| children =
| relatives =
| awards ={{Unbulleted list|Presidential Certificate of Honour 2012|Lifetime Achievement Award by ''All India Association of Arabic Teachers and Scholars'' 2017|Rashtriya Shiksha Ratan Award 2019}}
| years_active = 1976–present
}}
'''Sayed Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi''' (born 25 December 1951) is an Indian [[Islamic scholar]], academician, and litterateur of Arabic and Urdu. He has also served in several positions in the Arabic Department of [[Aligarh Muslim University]] for 45 years.

== Early life and education ==
Sayed Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi was born on 25 December 1951, in Jairampur, [[Cuttack district]], Orissa (now Odisha), to Sayed Muhammad Saleh.{{sfn|Nazish|2018|p=198}}<ref name="Amīn">{{cite web|last=Mayurbhanji|first=Muhammad Rūhul Amīn|title=Prof. Maulana Sayed Kafeel Ahmed Qasmi: Biographical Sketch|url=https://qindeelonline.com/sayyad-kafeel-ahmad-qasmi/|website=qindeelonline.com|publisher=Qandeel Online|date=16 September 2023|access-date=6 October 2023|language=ur}}</ref>

He received his primary education at home, then up to Arabic IV in Madrasah Arabiya Islamia (now Jamia Islamia Markazul Uloom, Sungra).{{sfn|Nazish|2018|p=198}} His teachers at Sungra included [[Muhammad Ismail Katki]], Abdul Quddus Katki, Abdul Ghaffar (of Dharamshala, Jajpur), Muhammad Irfan Dhamnagari, Muhammad Ishaq Katki, Muhammad Ismail Patnavi, and Muhammad Yahya Mungeri.<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

In 1962, he went to [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] for his secondary and higher education and graduated in 1965.{{sfn|Nazish|2018|p=198}}<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

His teachers at Deoband included Basheer Ahmad Khan Bulandshahri, Ibrahim Balyawi, [[Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi]], [[Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad]], Fakhrul Hasan Moradabadi, Islamul Haq Azmi, Akhtar Hussain Deobandi, Sharif Hasan Deobandi, Merajul Haq Deobandi, Nasir Ahmed Khan Bulandshahri, Abdul Ahad Deobandi, [[Anzar Shah Kashmiri]], Khurshid Alam Deobandi, Qamaruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri, and [[Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi]].<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

He received his intermediate school education at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], studying with scholars including Abdul Haleem Nadvi and [[Ijteba Nadwi]], in 1966. He completed the Higher Secondary Examination with the First Division and Second Division in 1968.{{sfn|Nazish|2018|p=199}}<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

He completed his [[B.A.]] (honours) in Arabic from Aligarh Muslim University with first division and first position in 1971. His theology teacher was [[Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi]], and his medieval Indian history teacher was [[Irfan Habib]].{{sfn|Nazish|2018|p=199}}<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

He completed an [[M.A.]] (Arabic), securing first division and first position in 1973, and subsequently did an [[MPhil]] in 1976. He did his [[PhD]] under the supervision of Mukhtaruddin Ahmad in 1986, editing [[al-Maqrizi]]'s ''Kitaab al-Muqaffa al-Kabeer''.{{sfn|Nazish|2018|p=199}}<ref name="Amīn"></ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Famous Alumni Of Aligarh Muslim University|url=https://management.ind.in/forum/famous-alumni-aligarh-muslim-university-180614.html|date=22 February 2016|access-date=6 October 2023|language=ur}}</ref>

== Teaching career ==
He was appointed a lecturer (assistant professor) at [[Banaras Hindu University]] from December 1975 to February 1976. On 16 August 1976, he was appointed lecturer in the Arabic department of Aligarh Muslim University. On 10 April 1988, he was promoted to reader (associate professor) in the same department. Between 19 December 1997, and 30 December 2016, he served as a professor.<ref name="Amīn"></ref><ref name="Kumar">{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Ashish|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Handbook_of_Universities.html?id=ZKgM7P5iGwgC#v=onepage&q=Professor%20Sayed%20Kafeel%20Ahmad%20Qasmi&f=false|volume=1|publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors|date=2006|page=7|language=ur}}</ref><ref name="Mansoori">{{cite journal|editor-last=Mansoori|editor-first=Muhammad Ishaq|title=Editorial and advisory committee|journal=Ma'arif Research Journal|date=January–June 2018|volume=|issue=15|publisher=Islamic Research Academy Karachi|location=D-35, Block-5, F.B. Area, Karachi-75950, Pakistan|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hassan">{{cite journal|editor-last= Hassan|editor-first=Maqbool|title=Advisory committee|journal=Al urooj Research Journal|date=July–December 2018|volume=2|issue=2|publisher=Zulaikha Institute of Islamic Research and Training (ZIIRT)|location=Karachi, Pakistan|page=3|language=en}}</ref><ref name="vidwan">{{cite web|title=Professor S. Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi|url=https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/56916|website=vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in|access-date=6 October 2023|language=en}}</ref>

He also served three times as chairman of the Arabic department: the first time from 1999 to 2000; the second time from 2003 to 2006; and the third time from 2011 to 2014. Similarly, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 10 July 2014, to 9 July 2016, and finally resigned from the post on 24 December 2016. Meanwhile, he also served as Vice Chancellor three times when the Vice Chancellor and Pro Vice Chancellor went on leave for a short period of time.<ref name="Amīn"></ref><ref name="Kumar"></ref><ref name="Mansoori"></ref><ref name="Hassan"></ref><ref name="vidwan"></ref>

== Honors and positions ==
In recognition to his services to Arabic language and literature, he was nominated for a "Presidential Certificate of Honour" in 2012, which he received on 15 August 2014 (17 August) at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] in New Delhi from the thirteenth President of India, [[Pranab Mukherjee]].<ref name="annual report">{{cite web |title=President Secretariat Press Note (List of Candidates for the Certificate of Honor 2012)|publisher=Ministry of Education, Government of India|url=https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/upload_document/awardees_2012.pdf|date= 15 August 2012|access-date=6 October 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref name="sanskrit">{{cite web |title=List of Recipients of President's Certificate of Honour - 2012|url=https://www.sanskrit.nic.in/schemes/presidential_awards.php#2012|website=www.sanskrit.nic.in|access-date=6 October 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref name="economics">{{cite web |title=President Pranab Mukherjee gives certificate of honour to language experts|publisher=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/president-pranab-mukherjee-gives-certificate-of-honour-to-language-experts/articleshow/28962381.cms|website=m.economictimes.com|date= 17 January 2014|access-date=6 October 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref name="two circls">{{cite web |title=Arabic professor from AMU honoured by President|publisher=[[Two Circles]]|url=https://twocircles.net/2014feb08/arabic_professor_amu_honoured_president.html|website=twocircles.net|date= 8 February 2014|access-date=6 October 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AMU News|url=https://old.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=8939|website=old.amu.ac.in|date=7 February 2014|access-date=6 October 2023|language=en}}</ref>

In 2017, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the All India Association of Arabic Teachers and Scholars.<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

He was felicitated by the Indian Embassy at the [[Riyadh International Book Fair]] in 2011, as well as at the "Sheikh Zayed Islamic Center" in Karachi in November 2005, in recognition of his services.<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

Ten researchers completed their M.Phil.s, and 18 completed their Ph.D.s under his guidance.<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

He served as Chairman of Arabic Department in AMU, Aligarh, Dean Faculty of Arts, Coordinator of UGC Schemes, Coordinator for Foreigner Admission, Provost, Assistant, Proctor, Dean Welfare Student, and Warden in various hostels. He has also served as the President of the AMU Aligarh Swimming Club and as a member of the Education Council and Advisory Committee.<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

Apart from these eight projects, they have been worked on under the DSA and CAS schemes of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission of India]] under his supervision. Similarly, he has supervised tens of seminars as a convener, coordinator, or director.<ref name="Amīn"></ref>

== Literary works ==
He is a well-known prose writer in Arabic and Urdu. Fifty of his articles have been published in many influential national and international magazines and journals in Arabic and Urdu. His Urdu articles include ''[[Palestinian literature#Overview|Palestinian Resistance Poetry]]'', ''Comparison of [[Al-Biruni]]'s and [[Ibn Battuta]]'s Views on India'', and essays such as ''The Impact of [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] on [[Odia language|Odia Language]] and [[Odia literature|Literature]]'' and ''Postal System in Islamic State''.{{sfn|Nazish|2018|p=199}}

Also, between 2003 and 2006, he edited three issues of the Arabic Journal ''Al-Majma' Al-'Ilami Al-Hindi'' from the Department of Arabic, AMU, and his many Arabic articles were published in it.<ref name="Amīn"></ref>
=== Books ===
His books include:{{sfn|Nazish|2018|p=199}}<ref name="Amīn"></ref>
* Al-Maqrizi: Hayātuhu, Bīatuhu, Aathāruh ({{translation|[[Al-Maqrizi]]: his life, environment, and effects}}) Arabic, 1994, Published: Jamia Salafia Press, [[Varanasi|Banaras]]
* Aswāq e Arab Ka Mukhtasar Ta'aruf ({{translation|Arab markets as a brief introduction}}) Urdu, 2003, Published: Department of Arabic Language and Literature, AMU
* Kitaab al-Muqaffa al-Kabīr, Volume IV (investigation and suspension), 2008, Published: Dairatul Ma'arifil Osmania, Hyderabad
* Mukhtasar Tareekh e Adab ({{translation|A Brief History of Literature}}) Unpublished

== References ==
=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
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* {{cite book |last=Nazish|first=Motiullah|title=Odisha Mein Urdu Nasrnigari|trans-title=Urdu Prose in Odisha|url=|date= 2018|edition=first|publisher=Odisha Urdu Academy|location=Sanskriti Bhawan (Museum Complex), BJB Nagar, [[Bhubaneswar]]|language=ur}}
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[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:People from Cuttack district]]
[[Category:People from Odisha]]
[[Category:Darul Uloom Deoband alumni]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
[[Category:Jamia Millia Islamia alumni]]
[[Category:Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University]]

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