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| name = Qeyamuddin Ahmad<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|9|9}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province|Bihar and Orissa]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date|1998|8|27|1930|9|9}}<br />
| occupation = Historian, academic<br />
| sub_discipline = Medieval Indian history, epigraphy<br />
| workplaces = [[Patna University]], [[K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute]]<br />
| notable_works = ''The Wahhabi Movement in India'' (1966) <br> ''Corpus of Arabic and Persian Inscriptions of Bihar'' (1973)<br />
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'''Qeyamuddin Ahmad''' (9 September 1930 – 27 August 1998) was an Indian historian of [[medieval India]], particularly the history of [[Bihar]]. He served as Professor of History at [[Patna University]] and was known for his work on the [[Wahhabi movement]] and the epigraphy of Bihar.<ref name="BiharAnjuman">{{cite web |title=Dr. Qeyamuddin Ahmad |url=https://www.biharanjuman.org/bio/qeyamuddin_ahmad.htm |website=Bihar Anjuman |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="Cambridge">{{cite journal |last=Husain |first=M. |title=Review: Qeyamuddin Ahmad: Corpus of Arabic and Persian Inscriptions of Bihar |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |volume=37 |issue=2 |year=1974 |pages=467–468 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00160393}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eaton |first=Richard M. |date=1996-06-01 |title=Book Reviews : QEYAMUDDIN AHMAD, The Wahhabi Movement in India. Second Revised Edition, New Delhi, Manohar, 1994 |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/001946469603300206 |journal=The Indian Economic and Social History Review |language=EN |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=219–221 |doi=10.1177/001946469603300206 |issn=0019-4646}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mishra |first=Jayashri |date=1999-01-01 |title=Professor Qeyamuddin Ahmad (9 September 1930 - 27 August 1998) |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/037698369902600137 |journal=Indian Historical Review |language=EN |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=252–253 |doi=10.1177/037698369902600137 |issn=0376-9836}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and Career ==<br />
Qeyamuddin Ahmad was born on 9 September 1930 in [[Patna]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province|Bihar and Orissa]], [[British Raj|British India]]. Ahmad joined the [[Bihar Educational Service]] in 1952, before transferring to [[Patna University]] in 1964, where he taught history until his retirement.<ref name="BiharAnjuman" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malik |first=Hafeez |date=1970-05-01 |title=The Wahabi Movement in India |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/2943288 |journal=Journal of Asian Studies |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=717–718 |doi=10.2307/2943288 |issn=0021-9118}}</ref> He began his academic career as a Research Fellow at the [[K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute]], contributing significantly to the study of epigraphic sources across Bihar.<ref name="BiharAnjuman" /> He earned his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in 1962 with a [[Thesis|dissertation]] on the ''Wahhabi Movement in India''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Digby |first=Simon |date=1976 |title=Qeyamuddin Ahmad: Corpus of Arabic and Persian inscriptions of Bihar (A.H. 640–1200). (K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna. Historical Research Series, Vol. X.) xxxiii, 419 pp., 77 plates, map. Patna: K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute, 1973. Rs. 75. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/abs/qeyamuddin-ahmad-corpus-of-arabic-and-persian-inscriptions-of-bihar-ah-6401200-k-p-jayaswal-research-institute-patna-historical-research-series-vol-x-xxxiii-419-pp-77-plates-map-patna-k-p-jayaswal-research-institute-1973-rs-75/9D38B2C7E8115CB27C5CA70BF429DB24 |journal=Bulletin of SOAS |language=en |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=190–191 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X0005240X |issn=1474-0699}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hauser |first=Walter |date=1999 |title=Qeyamuddin Ahmad 1930–1998 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/qeyamuddin-ahmad-19301998/FEC780BFB46BBCEC57862C27F620877C |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |language=en |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=591–592 |doi=10.1017/S0021911800143943 |issn=1752-0401}}</ref><br />
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== Works ==<br />
Ahmad's most notable works include:<br />
* ''The Wahhabi Movement in India'' (1966; revised ed. 1994; Urdu translation 1976), a study of the 19th-century Islamic revivalist movement.<ref name="BiharAnjuman" /><ref name=":Routledge" /><br />
* ''Corpus of Arabic and Persian Inscriptions of Bihar (A.H. 640–1200)'' (1973), cataloguing 196 inscriptions from the pre-Mughal, Pathan, and Mughal periods.<ref name="Cambridge" /><ref name=":Routledge" /><br />
* An abridged edition of [[Al-Biruni]]’s ''[[India (Al-Biruni)|India]]'' published by [[National Book Trust]] (1985).<ref name="BiharAnjuman" /><ref name=":Routledge">{{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Qeyamuddin |title=The Wahhabi movement in India|url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Wahhabi-Movement-in-India/Ahmad/p/book/9780367514839?srsltid=AfmBOor0oce8TfQmbV0OwUhL8gR3PrL9xO9PIkpw8o9RSTW8MOD-00Dw |date=2020 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-000-08206-7 |edition=Second|location=Milton}}</ref><br />
* Associate editor of ''Comprehensive History of Bihar'' (Vol. II Part I, 1983; Part II, 1986).<ref name="BiharAnjuman" /><ref name=":Routledge" /><br />
* Co-editor of ''Patna Through the Ages: Glimpses of History, Society and Economy'' (1987).<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Ahmad was regarded as an authority on medieval Indian history, regional historiography, and Islamic movements in Bihar. His peers praised his meticulous research and dedication to preserving historical sources.<ref name="BiharAnjuman" /><br />
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