Masood Ali Khan, also known as M.A. Khan, (born 15 March 1947 in

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) is a scholar, historian and a writer on Islamic history, culture, and religion. He is currently working as acting director of the

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, Southern Regional Centre,

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...

. He writes on social problems of Indian Muslims, Indian diaspora, sociology of migration, and Urdu press and journalism. He was born to a Hyderabadi Muslim family.

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Khan has written books and articles in research journals, has supervised and reviewed half a dozen books and contributed about 100 articles in Urdu on social problems of Indian Muslims. He has presented research papers in the United States, UK, Canada, France,

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. He served as a consultant to research projects commissioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the

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. Some of his books include:
Encyclopedia of world geography
* Cultural Sociology of India * Encyclopaedia of Islam * Encyclopaedia of Sufism (12 volume set) * International encyclopaedia of librarianship * The expansion of Islam * The Islamic Fundamentalism * Minorities in India * The Quranic studies * Mystics and mysticism in Islam * Islam in modern India * Social work and social policy (concepts and methods) * Religious doctrine of Islam * Islam in the Arabic world * Islam (birth and origin) * Islam (rise and growth) * Life and times of Prophet Muhammad * Women in Islam * Islamic laws * Islam in the modern world * Traditions in Islam * History and sociology in India * The methods of social research * Women and human rights * Perspectives on Indo-Pak relations Islamic Jihad

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Masood Ali 1947 births Living people Scholars from Hyderabad, India Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 20th-century Indian historians Indian male writers International relations scholars Indian magazine editors

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