Curriculum Vitae

Name : Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi

Father’s Name : (Late) Maulana Saiyid Sibtul Hasan Fazil-i Hanswi

Date of Birth : 20th June 1961

Present Position : Professor & Deputy Coordinator

Centre of Advanced Study in History

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Academic Qualifications:

MA (History), M Phil, Ph D ( ‘Urban Middle Classes in Mughal India’)

Teaching Experience:

(i) As Professor: since 8 February 2008

(ii) As Associate Professor: 15 years 5 months (since 8 February 2000)

(iii) As Lecturer: 11 years (from 21 February 1989)

(iv) As UGC Research Fellow: 4 years (assigned Tutorial classes during the

sessions 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88)

Publications:

I. Book:

(i) Fathpur Sikri Re-Visited, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013; ISBN-

10: 019808403X, ISBN-13: 9780198084037]

II. Catalogue:

(i) Snippets from Akbar’s India: Exhibition Catalogue, Aligarh, March 2014

(ii) History Through Mughal Miniatures: : (a) Akbar in Mughal Paintings (b)

Everyday Life in Mughal India (c) Natural History in Mughal Miniatures,

Aligarh, 1994

III. Review Articles:

(i) Deepak Kumar, The Trishanku Nation: Memory, Self, and Society in

Contemporary India in Studies in People’s History, Vol 4, no.1, June 2017,

pp. 114-15

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(ii) Review of Gaur The Medieval City of Bengal c. 1450-1565, Special Issue of

Pratna Samiksha: A Journey of Archaeology, Kolkata, 2012, Studies Peoples

History, Vol. 1, no., 1, June, 2014

(iii) Review of Nile Green, Making Space: Sufis and Settlers in Early Modern

India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012, Studies in History, vol. 30,

no. 1, 2014, pp. 120-22

(iv) ‘Dr. Surendra Sahai, Indian Architecture Islamic Period 1192 – 1857, Prakash

Books, New Delhi, 2004’, Biblio – A Review of Books, August, 2005

(v) ‘Iqtidar Alam Khan (ed.), Akbar and His India, ICHR, New Delhi, 1999’,

Madhya Kalin Bharat, no.8, ed. Prof.Irfan Habib, New Delhi, 2003

(vi) ‘AJ Qaisar, Building Construction in Mughal India: Evidence from Paintings,

OUP, Delhi, 1988’, Madhya Kalin Bharat, New Delhi, 2000

(vii) ‘A Review of an Atlas of the Mughal Empire by Irfan Habib’, Aligarh

Magazine, AMU, Aligarh, 1984

IV. Papers / Chapters:

1) ‘Ibadatkhana’ entry in Encyclopaedia of Islam 3 (2017)

2) ‘The State, Shias and Shi’ism in Medieval India’, Studies in Peoples History,

vol. 4 no. 1, June 2017, pp. 32-45

3) ‘Development of Medieval Architecture in Punjab’, Presidential Address,

Medieval India, Proceedings Punjab Historical Conference, Patiala, 2018

4) ‘Development of Secular Architecture under Akbar’, Pratnasamiksha, A

Journal of Archaeology, Kolkata, 2016

5) Amir Khusrau ki Bharat ki Dharana’, Madhya Kālīn Bhārat, ed. Professor

Irfan Habib, 2015, Vol. 10, pp. 22-29

6) Sarvekshan: ‘Azeem Dafai Qila’: Shahjahan ki Dehli ka Lal Qila -

Muhammad Waris ke Alfaz me uska naksha aur dhaanchey’, Madhya Kalin

Bharat, ed. Professor Irfan Habib, 2015, vol. 10, pp. 85-103

7) ‘Masters of Statecraft and Administration: The Nature of the Mughal State

and its Bureaucracy, in DN Jha (ed.), The Evolution of a Nation Pre-Colonial

to Post-Colonial: Essays in Memory of RS Sharma, Manohar, New Delhi,

2014, 223-46

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8) ‘Bazars and Markets in medieval India’, Studies in Peoples History, vol. 2 no.

1, June 2015, pp. 61-70

9) ‘Mughal Architecture: Organization, Inspiration and Design’, Presidential

Address, Medieval India Section Indian History Congress, 75th Session, JNU,

Delhi, 28-30 December 2014

10) ‘Paper Manufacture in Medieval India’, Studies in Peoples History, vol. 1 no.

1, June 2014, pp. 43-48

11) ‘Medieval Indian Architecture: Its History and Evolution’, Symposium:

History of Visual Arts: Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Indian History

Congress 73rd Session, Mumbai, 29 December 2012

12) ‘Builders of the Taj: The Evidence of Stone-Cutter’s Marks’, Proceedings of

the Indian History Congress, Mumbai, 2012, pp. 408-15

13) ‘Fathpur Sikri ke Mughal Baghon ki Chhanbin’, Madhya Kalin Bharat, no. 9,

ed. Irfan Habib, New Delhi, 2013, pp. 120-30

14) ‘Medical Techniques and Practices in Mughal India’, in Harbans Mukhia (ed),

History of Technology in India, Vol. II, Indian National Science Academy,

New Delhi, 2012, pp. 875-94

15) ‘Red Fort at Delhi under Shahjahan and Aurangzeb: The Plan and the Actual

Structures’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Malda, 2011

16) ‘Hydraulics and Water Management at Fatehpur Sikri’, in Rattan Lal Hangloo

(ed), History of Science and Technology: Exploring New Themes, Rawat

Publications, 2011, pp. 131-46

17) ‘Representation of Middle Class Professionals in Mughal Visual Art’, The

Varied Facets of History: Essays in Honour of Anirudha Ray’, (ed.) Ishrat

Alam & Syed Ejaz Husain, New Delhi, 2011, pp. 159-93

18) ‘Was Fathpur Sikri Built and then Abandoned During the Same Reign?’,

Excursus in History: Essays on Some Ideas of Irfan Habib, (ed.) Prabhat

Patnaik, New Delhi, 2011, pp. 207-19

19) ‘Antiquarian Interests in Medieval India: The Relocation of Ashokan Pillars

by Firuzshah Tughluq’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Kolkata,

2009-10, pub. 2010

20) ‘The Design of Pre-Modern Indigo Vats in North India: A Study of

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Indigo Vats of Bayana and Kol Indigo

Tracts’, Journal of the Asiatic Society, vol. LI, no. 3, 2009, pp.71-92

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21) ‘Locating Akbar’s Ibadatkhana at Fathpur Sikri’, Proceedings of the Indian

History Congress, Delhi, 2008, pub. 2009, pp. 1069-75

22) ‘Religious Disputations and Imperial Ideology: The Purpose and Location of

Akbar’s Ibadatkhana’, Studies in History, Vol. 24, no. 2, n.s., 2008, pp. 195–

209

23) ‘The Organization of Education in Mughal India’, Proceedings of the Indian

History Congress, Delhi, 2007, pub. 2008, vol. I, pp. 389-97

24) ‘The philosophy of Mulla Sadra and its Influence in India’, Religion in Indian

History, ed. Irfan Habib, Tulika, New Delhi, 2007

25) ‘Marks and Symbols of Professionals on Mughal Monuments’, Sacred

Landscapes in Asia: Shared Traditions, Multiple Histories, ed. Himanshu

Prabha Ray, India International Centre Asia Project, Manohar , New Delhi,

2007

26) ‘The Shi’a Muslims’, as a chapter (no.13) in Religious Movements and

Institutions in Medieval India,( being Vol.VII, part 2 of History of Science,

Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization), ed. J.S. Grewal, Oxford

University Press, New Delhi, 2006, pp.280 – 95

27) ‘The Idea of India and Amir Khusrau’, India – Studies in the History of an

Idea, ed. Irfan Habib, Munshi Ram Manohar Lal, New Delhi, 2004

28) ‘Mughal Wall Paintings at Fathpur Sikri’, Proceedings of the Indian History

Congress, Mysore, 2003

29) ‘Excavations at Fathpur Sikri – A Report’, Madhya Kalin Bharat, no.8, ed.

Prof.Irfan Habib, New Delhi, 2003

30) ‘Iranian Influence on Medieval Indian Architecture’, A Shared Heritage – The

Growth of Civilizations in India and Iran, ed., Irfan Habib, Tulika, Delhi, 2002

31) ‘The Medieval Fort of Kalinjar and its History’, Proceedings of the Indian

History Congress, Amritsar, 2002

32) ‘Bazars and Markets at Fathpur Sikri’, Proceedings of the Indian History

Congress, Bhopal, 2001

33) ‘Text 4. A Visit to the Tomb of Guru Nanak, before 1647 − From Surat Singh,

Tazkira-i Pir Hassu Teli’, Sikh History From Persian Sources, ed. JS Grewal

& Irfan Habib, Tulika, Delhi, 2001

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34) ‘Text 12. Banda Bahadur’s Rebellion, 1710-16 − From Muhammad Kamwar

Khan, Tazkiratu’s Salatin-i Chaghata’, Sikh History From Persian Sources, ed.

JS Grewal & Irfan Habib, Tulika, Delhi, 2001

35) ‘Physicians as Professionals in Medieval India’, Disease and Medicine in

India: A Historical Overview, ed., Deepak Kumar, Tulika, Delhi, 2001

36) ‘Depiction of Middle Class Professions and Professionals in the Mughal

Miniatures’, Madhya Kalin Bharat, no.7, ed. Irfan Habib, New Delhi, 2000

37) ‘The Evolution of Fathpur Sikri: The Chronological Sequence’, Proceedings of

the Indian History Congress, Calicut, 1999

38) ‘Fathpur Sikri Ki Punaryatra: Kuchh Imarton Ki Vyakhya’, Madhya Kalin

Bharat, Vol.6, 1999

39) ‘The Mughal Empire and Bureaucracy’, Proceedings of the Indian History

Congress, Patiala, 1998

40) ‘Uniqueness of the Eastern ‘Imperial City’? Testing the model with Fathpur

Sikri’, Reason and Archaeology, ed. K.M.Shrimali, Delhi, 1998

41) ‘Revisiting Fathpur Sikri: A Re-interpretation of Certain Buildings’, Akbar and

His India, ed. Irfan Habib, OUP, 1997

42) ‘Mughal Gardens at Fathpur Sikri’, Proceedings of the Indian History

Congress, Bangalore, 1997

43) ‘Shahjahan’s Palace at Fathpur Sikri’, Proceedings of the Indian History

Congress, Chennai, 1996

44) ‘Kuldhara in Jaisalmer State: Social and Economic Implications of the Remains of

a Medieval Settlement’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Calcutta,

1996

45) ‘Surveying a 17th – 18th Century Settlement in the Rajasthan Desert: Kuldhara,

Distt. Jaisalmer, [jointly with late Mr.Rajiv Sharma], Indian Archaeology Since

Independence, ed. K.M.Shrimali, 1996

46) ‘Civil Laws and Justice in Mughal Gujarat’, Proceedings of the Indian History

Congress, Mysore, 1993

47) ‘An Aristocratic Surgeon of the Mughal Empire: Muqarrab Khan’, Medieval India

– 1, ed. Irfan Habib, 1993

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48) ‘Aspects of Hydraulic Engineering in Medieval Rajasthan: A Case Study of Water

System in Jaigarh Fort’, [jointly with late Mr.Rajiv Sharma], Art and Culture,

Felicitation Volume in Honour of Professor S. Nurul Hasan, ed. , A.J.Qaisar &

S.P.Verma, 1993

49) ‘The Qazis of Bilgram: A Middle-Class family of Scholars and Bureaucrats under

the Mughals’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, New Delhi, 1992

50) ‘Organization of Unani Medicine in Mughal India’, Tajdid-i Tibb, ed. Hakim

Kamaluddin Husain, Aligarh, 1988

51) ‘An Early Historian of Mughal Nobility: Shaikh Farid Bhakkari’, Proceedings of

the Indian History Congress, Srinagar, 1986

52) ‘The Mutasaddis of Surat in the Seventeenth Century’, Proceedings of the Indian

History Congress, Burdwan, 1983

53) ‘Trends in History’, Sir Syed Magazine, Aligarh, 1984

Web Page: The History Learner [URL:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/416997838360936/ ] which is dedicated to the

study of Indian History in general and Medieval India in particular.

Citations (Specimen):

(i) Burjor Avari, Islamic Civilization in South Asia: Muslim Power and Presence

in the Indian Sub-continent, Routledge, Leiden, 2012

(ii) Susan Sinclaire. Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World,

Routledge, Leiden, 2012

(iii) Susan Stronge, Made For Mughal Emperors Royal Treasures From

Hindustan, Roli Books, 2010

(iv) Jorge Flores, ‘The Sea and the World of Mutasaddis..’, Journal of Royal

Asiatic Society, series 3, 21-1, 2011, pp. 29-34

(v) Ebba Koch, The Complete Taj Mahal, 2006

(vi) Ruby Lal, Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World, Cambridge

University Press, UK, 2005

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(vii) Jamal Malik, Islamische Gelehrtenkaltur in Nordindien:

Entascklungsgeschichte Und Tendenzen Am Beispiel Von Lucknow, Brill

Academic Publication, Nov. 1997

(viii) Muzaffar Alam & Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Frank disputations Catholics and

Muslims in the court of Jahangir (1608–11), Indian Economic Social History

Review, October/December 2009, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 457-511

Participation in University Administration:

(i) Presently Chairman and Coordinator CAS Department of History, AMU

(ii) Deputy Coordinator of the CAS in History, 2011-16

(iii) Course Coordinator, Refresher Course in History, 13th – 31st July, 2012, UGC

Academic Staff College, AMU

(iv) Equipment In-charge, CAS in History, AMU (2003-5)

(v) In-charge Publications, CAS in History, AMU (1998-2000; 2003-5)

(vi) Assistant- Superintendent Exams, Faculty of Arts: (a) 2003-04; (b) 1999-

2000; (c) 1998-99

(vii) Warden, RM Hall, 2001-02

(viii) Warden, VM Hall, 1991-93

Awards/Honours/Positions held in Academic Bodies:

(i) Invited Extension Lecture on Viewing Medieval Indian Architecture in India

International Centre, New Delhi, 28 April 2017

(ii) Nominated Sectional President, Medieval India, Punjab Historical

Conference, Patiala, 2017

(iii) Elected Member Executive Committee, Indian History Congress, 2016-17,

2017-18

(iv) Invited for Keynote Address in International Seminar ‘India-Iran Cultural

Ties: An Appraisal’, organised by Iran Culture House and Pune College,

Pune, 16 September 2017

(v) Invited to deliver the Annual Symposium of the Indian History Congress,

University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, 28-30 December 2016

(vi) Member Editorial Advisory Board, The Shi’ah Heritage of South Asia series,

The Shiah Institute, London

(vii) Member Editorial Committee, Journal of Peoples History, (Biannual, Sage

Pubn)

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(viii) Elected Sectional President, Medieval India Section, Indian History Congress

2013-14 session

(ix) Fellow, The Shiah Institute, Bloomsbury, London

(http://shiahinstitute.com/staff-fellows/fellow/)

(x) Appointed as one of the two editors of the forthcoming Volume VI of the

Comprehensive History of India under the general editorship of Prof. Satish

Chandra

(xi) Organized and Coordinated a National Seminar on State in Medieval India,

25-27 March, 2014

(xii) Invited to deliver the prestigious Indian History Congress Symposium,

University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 29 December 2012

(xiii) M. Athar Ali Best Paper Award presented during the 70th Session of the Indian

History Congress, New Delhi, 2009 for the best paper presentation during the

69th Session of IHC held at Kannur.

(xiv) Nominated for Visitorship to Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’ Homme,

Paris, for a period of one month (February- March, 2008)

(xv) Invited to deliver a lecture at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des

Sciences Historiques et Philologues, Sorbonne, Paris on 10th March 2008

(xvi) Selected as Indian Charles Wallace Fellow at the Centre of South Asian

Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of

London, for the year 2007

(xvii) Elected Member, Executive Committee, UP History Congress (UPHC), 2005

– 2006

(xviii) Invited as Fellow to the Centre for Archaeological Studies and Training

Eastern India (CASTEI), Kolkata, West Bengal in March 2005

(xix) Invited to deliver the Annual Lecture of the Urban History Society of India on

‘Communalism in Urban Centres’ at Bareilly, December 2004.

(xx) Invited to deliver a series of lectures on Mughal History and Architecture to

the post-graduate students of the University of Bates, United States, on

Academic programme in India (Agra and New Delhi), June, 2005.

(xxi) Awarded ‘Prof. J.S. Grewal Best Paper Award in Medieval India Section of

the IHC’ in 2003

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(xxii) Chaired a Session at the First Biennial Conference of the The Association for

the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS), Dushanbe, Tajikistan,

September,2002

(xxiii) Chaired the Symposium on History of Kalinjar Fort, held under the aegis of

the Kalinjar Fort Maha Utsava, Government of Uttar Pradesh, at Kalinjar,

Banda, September, 2001

(xxiv) Elected Member, Executive Committee, Association for the Study of History

and Archaeology (ASHA) since February 1998

(xxv) Elected Member, Executive Committee, UP History Congress (UPHC), 1997-

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(xxvi) Selected as Reader in the Department of History, MS University, Baroda, in

April 1997

Courses Taught / Teaching:

➢ Historical Archaeology (MA III Semester) [Presently Teaching]

➢ Medieval Archaeology (MA IV Semester) [Presently Teaching]

➢ Archaeology (MA II yr)

➢ History of Mughal Empire (1526 – 56) (MA I Semester) [Presently

Teaching]

➢ Akbar (MA I Semester) [Presently Teaching]

➢ History of Mughal Empire (1605-1658) (MA I yr)

➢ Aurangzeb (MA III Semester) [Presently Teaching]

➢ Art and Architecture (BA III yr)

➢ Medieval India: 10th – 15th Century (BA I yr)

Supervision for Research Degrees:

(a) PhD’s Awarded:

➢ Ataullah, The City of Delhi During the Eighteenth Century: A Socio-

Cultural Profile, 2008

➢ Salim Javed Akhtar, Mughal City of Agra and its Environs: An

Archaeological Survey, 2009

➢ Mumtaz Alam, Medicine and Encounter of Culures, 2011

➢ Neema Ahmad, Surface Decoration on Mughal Monuments of Agra

Region

➢ Angbin Yasmin, Women in Mughal Empire

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(b) MPhil’s Awarded:

➢ Md Salim Zaweed, Bundela Architecture During 16th – 17th Century,

2009

➢ Syed Ghazanfar Faruq, Medieval Architecture of Kashmir , 2013

(c) Research Scholars Registered: 4

Research Projects Undertaken:

(i) Survey of Urban Residential and Bureaucratic Structures at Fathpur Sikri,

Distt. Agra

(ii) Town Planning of Fathpur Sikri

(iii) Survey of Stone-Cutters’ Marks on Mughal Monuments in the Agra Region

(iv) Medieval Paliwal Settlements in Jaisalmer Region, Rajasthan (Joint Project

with Late Mr. Rajiv Sharma)

(v) Aspects of Hydraulic Engineering in the Forts of Medieval Rajasthan (Joint

Project with Mr. Rajiv Sharma)

(vi) Affiliated in the Survey of Indigo Vats at Jalali, Distt. Aligarh, under the

Supervision of Prof. Iqtidar Alam Khan

Participation in Seminars / Symposia /Conferences / Workshops :

(a) International:

(i) Asian Cultural Dialogues Conference, Teheran-Mashhad, 13-15 January,

2018

(ii) Two day International Seminar on Cultural Similarities between Iran and

Indian Sub-Continent: Indigenous Cultural Fragmentation in an era of

Globalisation, Government of Islamic Republic of Iran sponsored, IIC, New

Delhi, 18th & 19th January 2017

(iii) The Shi‘ah Institute Annual Symposium, ‘Nahj al-Balāghah: The Word of

ʿAlī’, 14th–15th December 2017

(iv) International Seminar ‘India-Iran Cultural Ties: An Appraisal’, organised by

Iran Culture House and Pune College, Pune, 16 September 2017

(v) Three day Indo-Turkish Joint Seminar on Encounter between Two

Civilizations: India and Turkey in Historical Perspective’, 15th – 17th

February, 2012 held at India International Centre, New Delhi

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(vi) Ashoka and the Making of Modern India, The University of Texas at Austin,

IIC, New Delhi, 5th -7th August 2009

(vii) Global REM Conference on ‘Belonging, Membership and Mobility in Global

History,’ April 17-18, 2009, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, US

(viii) Inde Médiévale et Moderne: Textes et Contextes, Ecole Pratique des Hautes

Etudes Section des Sciences Historiques et Philologues, A la Sorbonne, Paris,

March 2008

(ix) Seminar on South Asian History, Centre for South Asia, School of Oriental

and African Studies, University of London, April, 2007

(x) Cultural Production and Circulation in Early Modern India, St. Anthony

College, Oxford, UK, 27-28 May, 2007

(xi) ‘After Timur Came: Multiple Spaces and Cultural Production and Circulation

in Fifteenth Century North India’, AHRC Project Seminar, SOAS, London,

29-31 May 2007

(xii) ‘The Culture of Indigo: Exploring the Asian Panorama – Aspects of Plant,

Product and Power’, IIC – Asia Project, jointly sponsored by ICCR and

ICHR, held at India International Centre (ICC), New Delhi, 29th November –

1st December 2007

(xiii) International Seminar on Reason and Tolerance in Indian History, sponsored

by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), held at India International

Centre (ICC), New Delhi, 28-30 October 2006

(xiv) International Conference on Secular Demographic Change: Composition,

Pressure on Land, Regional Variations, Migrations, sponsored by the

International Commission for Historical Demography (ICHD) and Indian

Council of Historical Research (ICHR), held at India International Centre

(ICC), New Delhi, 19-21 September 2005.

Was also requested by the International Commission (ICHD) to organize a

tour of Historical sites at Agra, Fathpur Sikri and Jaipur.

(xv) International Seminar on Indo Iran Relations, 6th -8th April, 2004, Department

of Persian, AMU

(xvi) International Seminar on Qazi Nurullah Shushtari and His Times, St.John’s

College, sponsored by Iran Culture House and Noor Microfilm Centre, Agra,

4-6 January, 2003

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(xvii) First Biennial Conference of the The Association for the Study of Persianate

Societies (ASPS), Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September, 2002

(xviii) Symposium on Indo-Iran Relations, Danishgah-i Noor, Teheran, Islamic

Republic of Iran, September, 2002

(xix) International Seminar on ‘Age of Akbar’, sponsored and held by ICHR, New

Delhi, 1992

(xx) International Conference of the History of Mankind Project, sponsored by

UNESCO, and held at India international Centre, New Delhi, 1990

(xxi) International Colloquim on the Padshahnama Translation Project, sponsored

by UNESCO, and held at India international Centre, New Delhi, 1990

(b) National:

(i) Sectional Presidential Address, Punjab Historical Conference, Patiala, 2017

(ii) Annual Symposium Lecture of Indian History Congress on Nation and

Monuments, Indian History Congress, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 29

December 2016

(ii) State and Religion in Indian History, AHS Panel, Gour Banga University,

Malda, W. Bengal, 28-29 December, 2015

(iii) Course Coordinator of Academic Staff College Refresher Course State and

Society in Indian History, organized between 13th July – 1 August 2012

(iv) Delivered a series of lectures at the Institute of Archaeology, Archaeological

Survey of India, Red Fort, Delhi – 06 to the II Semester PGDA students of

Batch 2012-13 (11.06.2012 to 13.06. 2012)

(v) Fifty Ninth Session of Indian Historical Records Commission, National

Archives of India, in collaboration with CAS Department of History, AMU,

3-4 December, 2011

(vi) Special panel on Composite Culture, organized by the the Indian History

Congress Session, 72nd Session, held at Punjabi University, Patiala, 10-12

December, 2011

(vii) National Workshop on ‘The Dynamics of Religious Pluralism: Conflict,

Assimilation and Innovation in Pre-Modern India’, The Institute of Advance

Study, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (JNIAS), 18-19 February

2009

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(viii) National Seminar on Renaissance and Renaissances : The Renaissance in

Europe and the Bengal Renaissance, Department of English, University of

Delhi, Delhi, February 1-2, 2008

(ix) Science and Technology in India’s Past, AHS Panel, University of Delhi,

Delhi, 29-30 December 2007

(x) National Workshop on Age of Akbar, Sponsored by Indian Council of

Historical Research, New Delhi, Organized by Department of Medieval and

Modern History, University of Allahabad, November 19-21, 2006

(xi) National Workshop on ‘Reason and Religion in Akbar’s India’, sponsored by

Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, held at Department of

History, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 14-16 September, 2006

(xii) Seminar on History and Philosophy, Sponsored by Indian Institute of

Advanced Study, Shimla, June 12-14, 2006

(xiii) UGC National Seminar on Akbar’s Concept of Sulh-i Kul – A Contemporary

Perspective, R.D. National College, Bandra, Mumbai, 8 – 10 December, 2005

(xiv) National Seminar on Women and Education, organized by Centre for

Women’s Studies, AMU, 29th – 31st August 2005

(xv) National Seminar on History of Science and Technology sponsored by

University of Haiderabad, Haiderabad, 1-3 September 2005

(xvi) National Seminar on Medieval Historiography in Indian and Central Asia,

Organized by Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library Patna, Sponsored by ICHR,

New Delhi, March 29-30, 2005

(xvii) National Seminar on Colonial Cultures sponsored by Asiatic Society,

Kolkata, January, 2003

(xviii) Special Panel on Religious and Material Life sponsored by AHS, University

of Mysore, Mysore, December, 2003

(xiii) Special Panel on ‘The Idea of India’ sponsored by AHS, Guru Nanak Dev

University, Amritsar, December, 2002

(xiv) National Symposium on History of Kalinjar Fort, held under the aegis of the

Kalinjar Fort Maha Utsava, Government of Uttar Pradesh, at Kalinjar, Banda,

September, 2001

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(xv) Seminar on Archaeology of Medieval India, sponsored by the Centre for

Archaeological Studies and Training, Kolkata, West Bengal, 5th – 8th

November, 2001

(xvi) Special Panel on ‘History of Medicine’ sponsored by the IHC, University of

Calcutta, Kolkota, January, 2001

(xvii) Special Panel on ‘India and Iran’ sponsored by AHS, Bhopal, December,

2000

(xviii) Special panel on Tercentenary Celebrations of Khalsa, held at Calicut

University, Mallapuram, Kerala, December, 1999

(xix) Seminar on ‘Urbanization in Medieval India’, sponsored by Government of

West Bengal and Asiatic Society, Kolkata, 1997

(xx) Workshop of Agra Tourist Guide Association, Agra, February, 1995

(xxi) Seminar on Composite Culture in Medieval India, held by the Institute of

Rajasthan Studies, Jaipur, 1994

(xxii) Workshop on Akbar and His India, sponsored by ICHR, and held at Calcutta

University, Kolkata, 1994

(xxiii) Workshop on Akbar and His Age, sponsored by ICHR and held at Jaipur

University, Jaipur, 1993

(xxiv) Workshop on Akbar and His Age, sponsored by ICHR, and held at Allahabad

University, Allahabad, 1993

(xxv) Workshop on Akbar and His Age, held at AMU, Aligarh, 1992

(xxvi) Participated in the all sessions of the Indian History Congress held between

1982-2004 and the various sessions of the UP History Congress

(xxvii) Delivered lectures in various Academic Staff College Refresher Course

Programmes held at AMU, BHU, HPU, Allahabad, Kolkata, and Jaipur.

Exhibitions Organized:

(ii) ‘Akbar and His India’, exhibition of Mughal Miniatures displayed at (a)

Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur (March, 1993); (b) Department of Fine Arts,

University of Allahabad, (May, 1993), (c) Jain Research Institute, Varanasi,

(March, 1993)

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(iii) ‘History Through Mughal Miniatures: (a) Akbar in Mughal Paintings (b)

Everyday Life in Mughal India (c) Natural History in Mughal Miniatures’ –

Displayed at (a) Aligarh (November 1993); (b) Calcutta University (February

1994); and (c) BHU (February, 1994)

Works Accepted for Publication:

1) Entry on ‘Hassu Taili’ in Encyclopedia of Islam, 3rd edition (forthcoming)

2) (forthcoming)

3) ‘Religious Thought and Institutions: Islam’, as part of chapter on ‘Religious

Thought and Institutions’, Comprehensive History of India, volume VI (ed. Satish

Chandra)

4) ‘Indo-Islamic Architecture of North India: AD 1200-1526’, as a section of the

chapter on ‘Arts and Architecture’, Comprehensive History of India, volume VI

(ed. Satish Chandra)

5) ‘Regional Schools of Architecture in India: AD 1200-1526’, as a section of the

chapter on ‘Arts and Architecture’, Comprehensive History of India, volume VI

(ed. Satish Chandra)

6) ‘Painting of North India During the Delhi Sultanate’, as a section of the chapter

on ‘Arts and Architecture’, Comprehensive History of India, volume VI (ed.

Satish Chandra) [ This is a heavily revised version of the original written by Late

Anand Krishna]

7) ‘Sculptural Art (of North India)’, as a section of the chapter on ‘Arts and

Architecture’, Comprehensive History of India, volume VI (ed. Satish Chandra)

[This is aheavily revised version of the original written by Prof Krishnadeva]

8) ‘North Indian Music’, as a section of the chapter on ‘Arts and Architecture’,

Comprehensive History of India, volume VI (ed. Satish Chandra)

9) ‘Lower Bureaucracy and Other Professional Groups’, as a chapter in Economic

History of Medieval India, being Vol. VIII of History of Indian Science,

Philosophy and Culture, ed. Irfan Habib

Working Papers:

1) ‘Cultural Dialogue between Iran and the Sub-Continent: Spirituality and

Sufism in Akbar’s Empire’, Asian Cultural Dialogues Conference, Teheran-

Mashhad, 13-15 January, 2018

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2) ‘Authenticating the Veracity of Nahjul Balagha: some Indian endeavours’, The

Shi‘ah Institute Annual Symposium, ‘Nahj al-Balāghah: The Word of ʿAlī’,

14th–15th December 2017

3) ‘Influence of Iran on Indian Art and Culture’, Panel on India and Iran, the

Historical Relationship, Aligarh Historians Society, Jadavpur University,

Kolkata, 29-30 December 2017

4) ‘Influence of Iranian Art and Architecture on India’, International Seminar

‘India-Iran Cultural Ties: An Appraisal’, organised by Iran Culture House

and Pune College, Pune, 16 September 201

5) ‘The Nation and Monuments: A Case Study of ‘Conservation and

Preservation’ by the National Official Agency and Medieval Monuments in

India’, Symposium Lecture on Nation and Monuments, Indian History Congress, Thiruananthapuram, Kerala, December 2016

6) ‘Sectarian Conflict and State: The Shia-Sunni Question in Pre-Modern India’,

State and Religion in Indian History, AHS Panel, Gour Banga University,

Malda, W. Bengal, 28-29 December, 2015

7) ‘Sufis versus Orthodoxy in Delhi Sultanate’, presented at the 74th Session of

the Indian History Congress, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 28-30

December 2013

8) ‘Turkish Influence on Medieval Indian Architecture’, presented in the Three

day Indo-Turkish Joint Seminar on Encounter between Two Civilizations:

India and Turkey in Historical Perspective’, 15th – 17th February, 2012 held at

India International Centre, New Delhi

9) ‘ ‘Conservation and Preservation’, and Archeological Survey of India: A Case

Study of Fathpur Sikri’, presented at the panel on Architecture organized by

Aligarh Historian’s Society at Punjab University, Patiala, 10th – 11th

December, 2011

10) ‘The Dynamics of Composite Culture: Evolution of an Urban Social Identity

in Mughal India’, special panel of the Indian History Congress on Composite

Culture, 72nd Session of the Indian History Congress Session, Punjabi

University, Patiala, 10-12 December, 2011

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11) ‘A Caste of Brahmin Agriculturists and Traders in Medieval India: The

Paliwals of Western Rajasthan’, presented in a panel on Caste in History,

organised by AHS, Malda, West Bengal, 12-13 February 2011

12) ‘Red Fort at Delhi under Shahjahan and Aurangzeb: The Plan and the Actual

Structures’, presented at the 71st Session of the Indian History Congress, Gaur

Banga University, Malda, 11-13 Feb 2011

13) ‘The Relocation of Ashokan Pillars in Medieval India’, Ashoka and the

Making of Modern India, The University of Texas at Austin, IIC, New Delhi,

5th -7th August 2009

14) ‘City Space and Social Identity in Mughal India’, ‘The Dynamics of Religious

Pluralism: Conflict, Assimilation and Innovation in Pre-Modern India’, The

Institute of Advance Study, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (JNIAS),

18-19 February 2009

15) ‘Classification and Terminology in the Study of History of Indian

Architecture’, presented in the panel on History and Historiography held at

Kannur, December, 2008

16) ‘The Links of Medieval Indian Architecture to Greece’, Workshop on Greek

Legacy in Medieval and Modern India, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of

Advanced Study (JNIAS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 14

August 2008

17) ‘Anticipating Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Mughal Origins of Bengal Renaissance’,

National Seminar on Renaissance and Renaissances : The Renaissance in

Europe and the Bengal Renaissance, Department of English, University of

Delhi, Delhi, February 1-2, 2008

18) ‘Mughal Town Planning : the Fathpur Sikri’, Inde Médiévale et Moderne:

Textes et Contextes, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Section des Sciences

Historiques et Philologues, A la Sorbonne, Paris, March 2008

19) ‘Middle Classes in the Mughal Empire and their depiction in the Miniatures’,

Seminar on South Asian History, Centre for South Asia, School of Oriental

and African Studies, University of London, April, 2007

20) ‘Applying Industrial Archaeology to Medieval India – Paper and Indigo

Manufacture’, presented in the panel on ‘Science and Technology in India’s

Past’, held on 29th December, New Delhi, 2007

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21) ‘The Design of Pre-Modern Indigo Vats in Bayana and Jalali Region’, The

Culture of Indigo, the IIC – Asia Project Seminar on Indigo, IIC, New Delhi,

29 Nov -1Dec 2007

22) ‘Purpose and Location of the Ibadatkhana at Fathpur Sikri’, International

Seminar on Reason and Tolerance in Indian History, sponsored by Indian

Council of Historical Research (ICHR), held at India International Centre

(ICC), New Delhi, 28-30 October 2006

23) ‘The Beginnings of Mughal Architecture under Akbar’, ‘Reason and Religion

in Akbar’s India’, sponsored by Indian Council of Historical Research, New

Delhi, held at Department of History, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 14-16

September, 2006

24) ‘Medieval Architecture as an Element of Composite Culture’, National

Seminar on Akbar’s Concept of Sulh-i Kul – A Contemporary Perspective,

R.D. National College, Bandra, Mumbai, 8 – 10 December, 2005

25) ‘Hydraulics and Water-Management at Fathpur Sikri’, National Seminar on

History of Science and Technology in India, University of Haiderabad,

Haiderabad, September, 2005

26) ‘Community Relations in Mughal Towns’, Annual session of the Urban

History Society of India, Barreilly, 2004

27) ‘Mercantile Classes in Mughal India’, presented at the Indian History

Congress session held at Barreilly, December 2004

28) ‘Medieval Origins of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’, National Seminar on Colonial

Cultures sponsored by Asiatic Society, Kolkata, January, 2003

29) ‘Development of Shiism in India and Qazi Nurullah Shustari’, International

Seminar on Qazi Nurullah Shushtari and His Times, Agra, January, 2003

30) ‘Situating the Mughal Empire: A Critique of Stephen Blake’, UP History

Congress, Meerut, 2003

31) ‘Timurid and Persian Influence on Mughal Buildings’, International Seminar

on Indo Iran Relations, Department of Persian, AMU, April, 2004

32) ‘Medieval Indian Architecture as an Element of Composite Culture’,

Symposium on Indo-Iran Relations, Danishgah-i Noor, Teheran, Islamic

Republic of Iran, September, 2002

33) ‘ ‘Decline’ of Post-Akbar Fathpur Sikri: A Re-assesment’, Kolkata session of

the Indian History Congress, 2000

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34) ‘A Seventeenth Century Perception of Guru Nanak’, panel on Sikh History,

Indian History Congress, Calicut, 1999

35) ‘Middle Class housing in Medieval India’, ASHA Conference, Kolkata, 1998

36) ‘Pre-Akbari Structures at Fathpur Sikri’, UP History Congress, Gorakhpur,

1997

37) ‘Town Planning at Fathpur Sikri’, Seminar on ‘Urbanization in Medieval

India’, sponsored by Government of West Bengal and Asiatic Society,

Kolkata, 1997

38) ‘Sources of Urban Design and the Mughal Town of Fathpur Sikri’, UP

History Congress, Jaunpur, 1996

39) ‘Post-Akbar Fathpur Sikri’, UP History Congress, Varanasi, 1994

40) ‘A Product of Composite Culture of Akbar and Mughal Court: Gobind Dev

Temple at Brindavan’, Seminar on Composite Culture, Jaipur, 1994

41) ‘Depiction of Middle-Class Professions and Professionals in Mughal

Miniatures’, Aligarh session of the Indian History Congress, 1994

42) ‘Bureaucratic and Noble’s Buildings in Fathpur Sikri: A Survey’, Warangal

session of the Indian History Congress, 1992

43) ‘Urban Housing in Mughal India – Based on Documentary and

Archaeological Evidence’, Calcutta session of the Indian History Congress,

1990

44) ‘Organization of Building Construction in Mughal India’, Dharwar session of

the Indian History Congress, 1988

45) ‘Mason’s Marks in Mughal Monuments with special reference to Fathpur

Sikri’, Gorakhpur session of the Indian History Congress, 1987

46) ‘The Biography of a Mughal official: I’timad Ali Khan of Surat’, Amritsar

session of the Indian History Congress, 1985

47) ‘Balkrishan Brahman – A Petty Mughal Bureaucrat’, Annamalai session of

the Indian History Congress, 1984