Irfan Habib: Difference between revisions

Irfan was born in an Indian Muslim family, the son of [[Prof. Mohammad Habib|Mohammad Habib]], a [[Marxism|Marxist]] historian and ideologue belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], by his wife Sohaila Habib (née Tyabji). Irfan's paternal grandfather was Mohammad Naseem, a wealthy barrister and member of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]], and his maternal grandfather was [[Abbas Tyabji]], sometime Chief Justice of the High Court of [[Baroda state|Baroda princely state]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejrBraqBaLQC&q=%22Irfan+Habib%22&pg=PA202|title=The Making of History: Essays Presented to Irfan Habib|last=Habib|first=Irfan|date=2002|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=9781843310389|pages=1|language=en}}</ref>

Irfan's wife Sayera Habib (née Siddiqui) was Professor of Economics at [[Aligarh Muslim University]] (AMU).<ref name="agrarianmughal">The Agrarian System of Mughal India, Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-19-565595-8}}, Preface xv</ref> The couple have two sons and a daughter.

After he returned from Oxford he joined AMU as a member of the faculty. He was Professor of History at Aligarh from 1969–91. He is presently appointed as [[Emeritus|Professor Emeritus]] at the Department of History of the AMU. He delivered the Radhakrishnan Lecture at Oxford in 1991. He is an Elected Corresponding Fellow of the British [[Royal Historical Society]] since 1997.<ref name=":0" />

Habib has worked on the [[historical geography]] of [[History of India|Ancient India]], the [[Science and technology in ancient India|history of Indian technology]], medieval administrative and [[economic history]], [[colonialism]] and its impact on India, and [[historiography]].<ref name=":0" />