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

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

  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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