Masood Ali Khan, also known as M.A. Khan, (born 15 March 1947]) is an Indian scholar, historian and a writer on Islamic history, culture, and religion. He is currently working as acting director of the
Indian Council of Social Science Research
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) is the national body overseeing research in the social sciences in India. It was established in New Delhi
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, Southern Regional Centre,
Osmania University
Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a ''firman'' calling f ...
, Hyderabad, India. 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.
Books
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, Turkey and Malaysia. He served as a consultant to research projects commissioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the
Indian Council of Historical Research
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Associated with India
* of or related to India
** Indian people
** Indian diaspora
** Languages of India
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Some of his books include:
* 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
See also
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Hyderabadi Muslims
Hyderabadi Muslims, also referred to as Hyderabadis, are a community of Deccani people, from the area that used to be the princely state of Hyderabad in the regions of Marathwada, Telangana, and Kalyana-Karnataka.
While the term "Hyderabad ...
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Muhammad Hamidullah
Muhammad Hamidullah (19 February 1908 – 17 December 2002) was an Indian Islamic scholar from the princely state of Hyderabad. He wrote dozens of books and hundreds of articles on Islamic science, history and culture.
Early life and educatio ...
Reference list
External links
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1947 births
Living people
Scholars from Hyderabad, India
Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
20th-century Indian historians
Indian male writers
Indian international relations scholars
Indian magazine editors