Syeda Ummehani Ashraf is a senior Professor of Urdu at the Women's College of Aligarh Muslim University.
[citation needed] She has authored books including A study of Classicism and Romanism in Urdu.
Ummehani Ashraf was born to Syed Aale Hasan and Syeda Khatoon on 26 December 1949 at Kichaucha Sharif, Ambedkar Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India.
[citation needed] Her PhD thesis title was Shumaili Hind ke Qasaid Ki Farhang.
[3] She was appointed Urdu lecturer in the Women's College of the Aligarh Muslim University in 1986.