Ghulam Mustafa Khan

Dr.Ghulam Mustafa Khan ڈاکٹر غلام مصطفیٰ خان
Born	23 September 1912 Jabalpur
Died	25 September 2005 Hyderabad
Residence	Hyderabad
Nationality	Pakistani
Known for	Islam and Sufism, Urdu literature and Linguistics
Academic background
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Academic work
Institutions	University of Sindh

Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Khan, PhD, D.Litt, SI (Urdu: ڈاکٹر غلام مصطفیٰ خان‎) (23 September 1912 – 25 September 2005) was a researcher, critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader belonging to Naqshbandi order of Sufism.

He was born in Jabalpur, India on 23 September 1912. In 1928 he passed ninth grade from Anjuman Islamia High School, Jabalpur and went to Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh for the rest of his education. He received his higher education at the Aligarh Muslim University. He held LLB and M.A. in Urdu literature & Persian and in 1947 completed his PhD on 12th-century Persian poet Syed Ashruddin Hassan Ghaznavi. In 1959 he was awarded D.Litt by Nagpur University, India.

During his life he was appointed as a lecturer at the King Edward College, Amrawati and after migration to Pakistan from India he was appointed in Urdu College, Karachi. Later in his life he also performed the duties of head of the department of Urdu in Sindh University. For his academic services he was honoured with various level of awards, including the Presidential award Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Naqoosh award, Iqbal award and Nishan-i-Sipas.

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