About Yunus Jaffery
Lived 1930 – 2016 (aged 85–86). Yunus Jaffery was an Indian writer.
S.M. Yunus Jaffery (1930 – 29 August 2016) was an Indian scholar of the Persian language. He was from Delhi, India.
He is mentioned in writer William Dalrymple’s 1994 book, City of Djinns.
He was given the Farabi International Award, a literary prize, in 2006 by the Iran government for his work towards the Persian language.
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Who was Yunus Jaffery?
Indian writer and translator (1930–2016)
When was Yunus Jaffery born?
Yunus Jaffery was born in 1930.
When did Yunus Jaffery die?
Yunus Jaffery died on 29 August 2016.
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Yunus Jaffery was a writer.
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Yunus Jaffery was Indian.
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