M. M. Sharif

Mian Mohammad Sharif
Born	1893 Lahore, British Punjab
Died	1965 Islamabad, Pakistan
Residence	Islamabad
Nationality	Pakistan
Alma mater	Cambridge University Aligarh Muslim University
Awards	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1964)
Era	Post-modern
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	Punjab University
Main interests	Religion, thoughts, dialectical monadism contemporary and Western Philosophy
Notable ideas	Muslim philosophy
Influences GW Leibnize, Bertrand Russell, Leonard Woolf, G. E. Moore

Mian Mohammad Sharif (Urdu: محمد شریف ; b. 1893—d. 1965) TI, best known as M.M. Sharif, was an influential philosopher, clergyman, and college professor. He is noted for his notable work in analytical philosophy and pioneered the idea of Muslim philosophy, in which, he briefly wrote and published on international philosophical journals.

He remained politically active with the Muslim League and advocated for the "idea" of establishing a separate state in the British India, thus Pakistan. He remained vital member of the Islamic Ideology Council and taught at the Islamia College for rest of his life.

Biography

Mian Mohammad Sharif was born in the suburban area, situated in Shalimar Garden of Lahore, British Punjab, British Indian Empire, in 1893.

Sharif was educated at the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College and the famous Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) where he studied Philosophy. He gained BA in Philosophy from the Aligarh Muslim University before moving to the United Kingdom for higher education. Settled at the Cambridge, Sharif began attending the graduate school of philosophy at the Cambridge University where he completed his MA and studied for his doctoral studies under reputed English philosopher G. E. Moore.

His interest in realism and analytic philosophy under G. E. Moore further widened and extensively wrote on Monadism which was supervised by GE Moore as his PhD thesis which was submitted to the university. After gaining the PhD, his interest further shifted to Western Philosophy and once noted "Philosophy must find a place for the sciences in the systematic whole of knowledge."

Upon returning to British India, he served as chairman of philosophy department of the Aligarh Muslim University and briefly took participation in Pakistan Movement. In 1945, he was appointed as the General– President of the Indian Philosophical Congress until when he moved to Lahore to accept the professorship of philosophy at the Punjab University after the partition of British India. In 1950, he founded and served first president of Pakistan Philosophical Congress, and remained associated with the society with the rest of his life. In addition, he also served as principal of Islamia College and Director of the Institute of Islamic Culture based in Lahore. In 1956, he represented Pakistan in the UNESCO conference held in the United States. He was a member of the American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) and a Director of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, Paris. Founder-Life-President of Pakistan Philosophical Congress. Sharif died and buried in Lahore in 1965.