What is Girdhari L. Tikku?
'''Giridhari (Giri) Lal Tikku''' (18 August 1925 in [[Kashmir]]-14 August 1996) was a Kashmiri linguist and literary scholar and Professor of Persian and Asian Studies at the [[University of Illinois]]. {{bio-stub}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Tributes|url=http://www.koausa.org/Tributes/Tikku.html|website=www.koausa.org}}</ref> He was known for his works on [[Persian literature]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Grant|first1=Philip|date=1 April 2013|title=A Conversation with Modern Persian Poets, edited by Girdhari Tikku, Alireza Anushiravani and Janet Smarr|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1475262X.2013.775865?journalCode=came20|journal=Middle Eastern Literatures|volume=16|issue=1|pages=111–113|doi=10.1080/1475262X.2013.775865|issn=1475-262X|s2cid=162277155}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tritton|first1=A. S.|date=January 1973|title=Islam and its cultural divergences: Studies in honor of Gustave E. von Grunebaum. Edited by Girdhari L. Tikku. pp. 256, 2 facsimiles, pl. Urbana, University of Illinois Press.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/islam-and-its-cultural-divergences-studies-in-honor-of-gustave-e-von-grunebaum-edited-by-tikku-girdhari-l-pp-256-2-facsimiles-pl-urbana-university-of-illinois-press/0467A7CE7136AE63E18405B65B8F46B7|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society|language=en|volume=105|issue=1|pages=57–58|doi=10.1017/S0035869X00130461|issn=2051-2066|s2cid=161560338}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hamori|first1=Andras|date=January 1974|title=G. L. Tikku (ed.). Islam and Its Cultural Divergence (University of Illinois Press, Urbana–Chicago–London, 1971). Pp. 256. $8.50.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/article/g-l-tikku-ed-islam-and-its-cultural-divergence-university-of-illinois-press-urbanachicagolondon-1971-pp-256-850/528540AC10D65AD315D0EF678F7B44F0|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=116–117|doi=10.1017/S0020743800032839|issn=1471-63