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{{Short description|Indian Educator}}
{{Infobox academic
|name = Mohammed Ziauddin Ahmed Shakeb
|birth_date = 21 October 1933
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|01|20|1933|10|21}}
|death_place = [[London]]
|image = Dr MZA Shakeb (cropped).jpg
|alma_mater = [[Osmania University]], [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]]
|awards = Nawab Faizullah Khan Award
}}
'''Mohammed Ziauddin Ahmed Shakeb''' ('''M.Z.A. Shakeb''') (21 October 1933 - 20 January 2021) was a historian on the Deccan, [[Connoisseur|art connoisseur]], [[Sufism|Sufi]] Intellectual and [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] literary critic.<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/sufi-intellectual-zia-shakeb-will-be-missed-in-india-and-abroad-2076487/|title=Sufi intellectual Zia Shakeb will be missed in India and abroad|date=January 26, 2021}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Born on 21 October 1933, Shakeb grew up in [[Hyderabad]] and [[Aurangabad]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in Political Science from the [[Osmania University]], and an [[Master of Arts|MA]] from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in 1956. He completed his doctorate on Relations of Golkonda with Iran from [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]] in 1976.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/history/mohammed-shakeb-historian-mughal-documents|title=Mohammed Shakeb: Preserver of Mughal Archival Documents and Reconstructor of Libraries|website=The Wire}}</ref>

== Career ==
Shakeb together with Vasanth Kumar Bawa, set up the first-ever Hyderabad Urban Development Authority which is now referred to as [[Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority]].<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://newsdeal.in/zia-shakeb-is-no-more-he-was-a-renowned-litterateur-historian-and-authority-on-art/|title=Zia Shakeb is no more; he was a renowned litterateur, historian and authority on art - NewsDeal}}</ref> In 1962, he was appointed an archivist at the State Archives of Andhra Pradesh in Hyderabad.<ref name="auto4"/> Whilst here he created the Mughal Record Room. His publications include ''Mughal Archives Vol I: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Documents Pertaining to the Reign of Shah Jahan, in 1977'' which remains critical reading for those seeking to learn how to read administrative documents in Indo-Persian.<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|title=Mohammed Ziauddin Ahmed Shakeb (M.Z.A. Shakeb) (1933-2021) | SOAS University of London|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem151929.html|website=www.soas.ac.uk}}</ref> He went on to write many publications for [[The British Library]], State Archives Andhra Pradesh and other repositories, universities, and auction houses.<ref name="auto5"/>

From 1980 to 1987, Shakeb taught Indian history and the history of Indo-Islamic art and culture in the Department of Indology at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]].<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/deccani-roots-truly-secular/articleshow/11562152.cms|title='Deccani roots truly secular' | Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|date=March 24, 2007|title=Progressive seeker on Sufi path|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/progressive-seeker-on-sufi-path/article2242683.ece|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> He later on worked as a consultant for [[Christie's]] in their department of Islamic and Indian Art as their leading expert on Persian and Arabic manuscripts for 30 years.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto2"/>

He also continued to work on Indo-Persian manuscripts and Mughal documents and catalogued such manuscripts in the [[British Library]], such as the Batala Collection of Mughal Documents 1527-1757 in 1990.<ref name="auto7" /><ref name="auto5" /> Throughout this time he supervised many doctoral researchers in the fields of Mughal history, Deccan studies and Urdu and Persian literature.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|last=Dayal|first=Subah|title="Introduction" to Relations of Golkonda with Iran, 1518 - 1687 by M.Z.A. Shakeb|url=https://www.academia.edu/30335654|via=www.academia.edu}}</ref><ref name="auto5" />

Shakeb was also the Director of Urdu teachers training at Middlesex University up until 1998.<ref name="auto7"/>

He also played a key role in setting up the Haroon Khan Sherwani Center for Deccan Studies at [[Maulana Azad National Urdu University]] and had been a member of the center's first advisory board. He was considered a pioneer, having helped lay the foundations of Deccan Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://urdu.siasat.com/news/ماہر-اقبالیات-و-دکنیات-ڈاکٹر-ضیا-الدین-1273204/|title=ماہر اقبالیات و دکنیات ڈاکٹر ضیا الدین احمد شکیب کا لندن میں انتقال|date=January 20, 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto8">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/07/ziauddin-shakeb-obituary|title=Ziauddin Shakeb obituary|first=Mahamid|last=Ahmed|date=March 7, 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref>

Shakeb was an authority on various poets from the Indian subcontinent and Persia, writing books and organising and speaking at conferences on [[Bedil]]{{disambiguation needed|date=April 2021}}, [[Amir Khusrau]], [[Muhammad Iqbal|Iqbal]], [[Ghalib]] and [[Rumi]].<ref name="auto5"/>

== Death ==
Shakeb died in [[London]] on 20 January 2021, aged 87.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|title=Zia Shakeb is no more; he was a renowned litterateur, historian and authority on art|url=https://www.siasat.com/zia-shakeb-is-no-more-he-was-a-renowned-litterateur-historian-and-authority-on-art-2072086|access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> He is survived by his wife, Farhat Ahmed, two daughters, a son and nine grandchildren.<ref name="auto5"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/zia-shakeb-is-no-more-he-was-a-renowned-litterateur-historian-and-authority-on-art-2072086/|title=Zia Shakeb is no more; he was a renowned litterateur, historian and authority on art|date=January 20, 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto8"/>

== Awards and Recognitions ==
* Nawab Faizullah Khan Award 2016-17 for History from [[Rampur Raza Library]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/Annual_Reports_Organizations/RRL-44th-Annual-Report-&-Audited-Account-Statement-for-the-year-2018-19.pdf |title= Annual report |date= 2018|website= www.indiaculture.nic.in|format=PDF|access-date=2021-03-31}}</ref>
* Member of the Advisory Committee for the H.K. Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies, at [[Maulana Azad National Urdu University]] in Hyderabad from 2012 till 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/29171646/centre-for-deccan-studies-maulana-azad-national-urdu-university|title=centre for deccan studies - Maulana Azad National Urdu University|website=yumpu.com}}</ref>
* Fellow at the [[Royal Asiatic Society]] in 1983<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/list-of-fellows/0B8E976E633B72997B1E2B9F22984570|title=List of Fellows|date=April 30, 1985|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society|volume=117|issue=2|pages=1–38|via=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S0035869X00139024}}</ref>

== Selected Publications ==
* ''Relations of Golkonda with Iran c.1518-1687: Diplomacy, Ideas and Commerce Ideas''<ref name="auto"/> (New Delhi: Primus Books, 2017)
* ''Mughal Archives: A Descriptive Catalogue of the documents pertaining to the reign of Shah Jahan (1628-1658), Vol 1. Durbar papers and a miscellany of singular documents''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101964243|title=Mughal archives: a descriptive catalogue of the documents pertaining to the reign of Shah Jahan, 1628-1658|date=February 9, 1977|publisher=State Archives, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh|via=Hathi Trust}}</ref> (Andhra Pradesh: State Archives, 1977)
* ''A Descriptive catalogue of the Batala collection of Mughal documents, 1527-1757 AD.'' (United Kingdom: British Library, 1990)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999620400702121|title=A descriptive catalogue of the Batala collection of Mughal documents, 1527-1757 AD|date=February 10, 1990|publisher=British Library|via=University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Catalog}}</ref>
* ''A descriptive catalogue of Persian letters from Arcot and Baroda''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/314320/Notes|title=Notes: A descriptive catalogue of Persian letters from Arcot and Baroda|website=library.soas.ac.uk}}</ref> (United Kingdom: India Office Library and Records, British Library, 1982).
* ''Ghalib and Zuka'', (New Delhi; Ghalib Academy, 1974)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/ghalib-aur-zuka-ziyauddin-ahmad-shakeeb-ebooks|title=Ghalib Aur Zuka by Ziyauddin Ahmad Shakeb|website=Rekhta}}</ref>
* ''Ghalib on Hyderabad''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/ghalib-aur-hyderabad|title=Ghalib Aur Hyderabad|date=February 9, 1969|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> (Hyderabad, Adami Trust, 1969)

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.siasat.com/remembering-dr-ziauddin-ahmed-shakeb-beyond-the-literary-world-2073642/ Remembering Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Shakeb beyond the literary world]

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