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Courses Taught

Teaching Specialization

History: Sociopolitical, institutional and intellectual history of Muslims in India and Pakistan; Mughal India; Safavid Iran; and Modern Islamic Developments in Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent and Iran.

Language and Literature: The languages include Urdu language and literature,and classical and modern Persian.

Seminars:

Modern Islamic Developments in India and Pakistan (1707 to Present)

The Safavids and the Mughals: A Comparative Study of Social, Institutional and Religious Developments in Mediaval India and Iran.

Medieval Indo-Islamic and Iranian Society: A Comparative Study of Political, Social, and Religious Developments.

History of Medieval Islam in India (711-1757)

Muslims in Modern Indian History

Muslim Culture and Civilization in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Islam and Politics: Modern Iran

Islam and Politics: Pakistan

Language Courses:

Urdu I, II, III

Persian I

Seminars on Urdu Literature at the University of Minnesota (1977-86)

An Analytical Survey of Urdu Literature (1750-1856) for an Understanding of Crisis in Indo-Muslim Civilization

Dabistan-i Lakhna'u: An Analytical Survey of Urdu Literature of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries in Awadh

A Study of the Muslim Community's Response to the Challenges of Modernity in the Light of Urdu Literature (1857-1920)

Partition of the Subcontinent and its Aftermath: An Analytical Study of Urdu Literature

Different Faces of Women in Urdu Fiction: A Study of the Works of Sa‘adat Hasan Manto and ‘Ismat Chughta'i

Readings: Urdu Texts Covering: Folklore, Wit and Humor, and Religion

Intellectual Trends as Reflected in Urdu Writings of the Eighteenth Century Delhi

Iqbal and His Urdu Poetry: Major Themes

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