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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-
99
(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