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Nudrat-ul-Nairn

Nudrat-ul-Nairn stands as a pivotal yet often overlooked figure in the intellectual history of modern India, serving as the primary custodian of the Tyabji family’s domestic archives known as the Akhbar. As the granddaughter of Zainab—the eldest daughter...

Rana Safvi

Rana Safvi is one of contemporary India’s most significant historians, writers, and translators, celebrated for her passionate advocacy of the nation’s pluralistic heritage, particularly the syncretic culture known as Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb. Her life’s...

Salima Tyabji

Salima Tyabji was a distinguished Indian historian, educator, and editor whose career bridged the worlds of academic publishing and social history. Though she spent decades operating quietly as a formidable gatekeeper of historical scholarship at Oxford University...

Shireen Moosvi

Professor Shireen Moosvi is a distinguished Indian historian celebrated for her pioneering work on the economic history of India, particularly the Mughal Empire. Her scholarship is characterised by a commitment to secular, evidence-based interpretations that...