Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (5 December 1925 – 4 December 1997) was an Indian historian and diplomat.

Early life and education

Nizami was born in

Amroha Amroha is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is located north-west of Moradabad, near the Ganga River. It is the administrative headquarters of the Amroha district. Geography Amroha is located north-west of Moradabad, near the ...

, United Provinces,

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. He completed his M.A. in history in 1945, from Meerut College, then affiliated to

University of Agra Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, formerly Agra University, is an Autonomous University located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university is named after Bhimrao Ambedkar, Indian scholar, social reformer, and the architect of the Indian Const ...

, and he was awarded the LL.B. degree by the same university.

Career

Academic

He joined

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

, in the Department of History, in 1947. He was a professor there for several years and later served as vice-chancellor (acting) from 3 January 1974 to 30 August 1974. He also served as the dean of the university's Department of History from 3 July 1977 to 30 July 1980. The K. A. Nizami Centre for Quranic Studies at the university is named after him.

Diplomatic

He was India's ambassador to Syria from 1975 to 1977.

Works

* ''On History and Historians of Medieval India'' * ''Royalty in Medieval India'' * ''The Life & Times of Shaikh Nizam-u'd-din Auliya'' * ''The life and times of Shaikh Farid-ud-din Ganj-i-Shakar'' * ''Some Aspects Of Religion And Politics In India During The 13th Century'' * ''Medieval India: A Miscellany''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nizami, K.A. Aligarh Muslim University faculty Historians of South Asia Indian diplomats 20th-century Indian Muslims 1925 births 1997 deaths Indian expatriates in Syria