Eminent Urdu writer Hamida Salim passed away on Sunday at the age of 93. She died this afternoon at her residence in Jamia Nagar, family sources said.
The author is survived by her husband Abu Salim, son Irfan Salim and daughter Sumbul Warasi. Salim was the first woman graduate of the Aligarh Muslim University. She had penned down many books including Shorish-e-Dauran , Ham Saath Thhe , Parchhaiyon Ke Ujale and Hardam Rawan Hai Zindagi .
She had also taught at Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia and other prominent institutes. She was the sister of legendary poet Israrul Haqu Mazaj, and aunt of lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Salim was born in 1922 in a zamindar family of Rudauli in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh. She did her B.A. from I.T. College in Lucknow, and came to the Aligarh Muslim University to do an M.A. — PTI
