| Author Info | - Pir-o-Murshid, Haji professor F.M. Hassnain was born in Kashmir in 1924. At the age of four, he started learning the Holy Quran in Arabic. Having graduated from the University of the Punjab, he did his M.A. from the Muslim University, Aligarh. Letter he obtained the LL.B. Degree in low and also got trained himself as an Archivist from the national Archives of India. R.C. Kak a renowned archaeologist of Kashmir, who rose to the position of the Prime Minister of the Jammu and Kashmir state, taught him the basic tenents of Archaeology. Having started his career as the Head of the Department of History in S.P. College, Srinagar, Professor F.M. Hassnain rose to the position of the Director of Archives, Archaeology, Research and Museums in 1954. Since then, he had lectured in India, Japan, Bulgaria, Germany and Scotland. He is the author of 15 book and numerous articles and his work have appeared in Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Sanskrit, Persian and English. He is the receipient of the Degree; (Hon.Causa) Doctor of Indology, D.Litt, Doctor of Sufism, Doctor of Theology.
He lives at Hastgir House, Chanapore, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
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