Hamid Afaq Qureshi

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Hamid Afaq Qureshi also known as Hamid Afaq Qureshi Al–Taimi–Al–Qureshi, is a historian Shaikh Siddiqi of Arabic, Persian and Urdu descent. He was born in 1945 in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Qureshi studied science at the university level. He joined a scientific organisation in 1965 and retired as a Gazetted Officer in 2005. During his service, he graduated from Delhi University with an art degree. He received a postgraduate degree in history and political science from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He earned his PhD in History from Lucknow University.

Career[edit]

Many of Qureshi's works have been published by New Royal Book Company, Lucknow.[1] They include Iqbal 1873–1938,[2] The Flickers of an Independent Nawabi: Wazir Ali Khan of Avadh (2 Vols.), The Mughals, The English and the Rulers of Awadh: A Kaleidoscopic Study.,[3] 1857: Classics: Volume I: Khandang-i-Ghadar and Naunaga (translations)[4] and many other works.[5]

References[edit]

  1. Hasan, Tariq (4 August 2015). Colonialism and the Call to Jihad in British India. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9789351505402 – via Google Books.
  2. "Our Publication - Iqbal 1873-1938". Nrbc.in. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. "The history of the life of Nader Shah, king of Persia. : Extracted from an eastern manuscript, which was translated into French by order of His Majesty the King of Denmark. With an introduction, containing I. A description of Asia, according to the Oriental geographers. II. A short history of Persia from the earliest times to the present century: with an appendix, consisting of an essay on Asiatick poetry, and the history of the Persian language. To which are added, pieces relative to the French translation. /". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  4. "Dr Hamid Afaq Qureshi". AbeBooks.com. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  5. "Hamid Afaq Qureshi al-Taimi al-Siddiqi (Independent Researcher) on ResearchGate". Researchgate.net. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

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