On behalf of Professor Syed Hasan Askari Historiography Project Los Angeles USA, I would like to personally express my gratitude to the following group of scholars, educationists, researchers, librarians, and professionals from USA, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Norway, Russia, Netherlands, Oman, Egypt, India and Pakistan (in addition to my family, relatives, friends and networks globally) for their invaluable guidance, educational discussions, academic support, sharing of scholarly works, offline feedback emails/texts and immeasurable encouragement regarding this scholarly endeavor.
 

USA
*Dr. Richard M. Eaton, Professor, History/Near Eastern Studies/Roshan Persian and Iranian Studies - GIDP, Department of History, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

*Dr. Catherine Ella Blanshard Asher, Professor of Islamic and Indian Art History, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA*Dr. *Bruce B. Lawrence, Marcus Family Humanities Professor of Religion Emeritus, Duke University, Visiting Professor, Alliance of Civilizations Institute, Ibn Haldun University, NC, USA

*Dr. Carl W. Ernst, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Islamic studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
*Dr. Hannah Lord Archambault, (PhD, University of California, Berkeley), Ashfield, Oregon, USA
*Dr. Munis D. Faruqui, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute for South Asia Studies, Sarah Kailath Chair of Indian Studies, University of California Berkeley, California, USA
*Dr. Nile Green, Professor & Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History, University of California Los Angeles, California, USA
*Mr. Adnan Malik, Curator and Cataloger of South Asian Collections South and Southeast Asia Library, UC Berkeley, California, USA
*Joyce Grumman, ILLS, RPV Library, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA
*Dr. Andrew Amstutz, Professor of History (India and Pakistan, Islam, Buddhism), University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
*Dr. C. Ryan Perkins, South Asian Studies Librarian Islamic Studies Librarian, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
*Dr. Cynthia Talbot, Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
*Dr. David Boyk Assistant Professor of Instruction, Urdu Language Program Placement Coordinator; Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
*Dr. Eric Tagliacozzo, Professor at The Department of History, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
*Dr. Finbarr Barry Flood, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the Humanities, Institute of Fine Arts and Department of Art History, New York University & Director, Silsila: Center for Material Histories, New York, USA
*Dr. Frances Pritchett, Professor Emerita of Modern Indic Languages Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Columbia University, New York, USA
*Dr. Hayden Bellenoit, Associate Professor of History, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
*Dr. John Renard, Professor, Theological Studies College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
*Dr. Michael Fisher, Danforth Professor of History, Emeritus, Oberlin College, MA, USA
*Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali, Professor of Anthropology, Middle East Studies and Asian Studies and the Director of the South Asia Institute University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
*Dr. John Stratton Hawley, Claire Tow Professor of Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY, USA
*Dr. Muzaffar Alam George V. Bobrinskoy Professor in South Asian Languages and Civilizations (Affiliated Faculty in NELC), The University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
*Dr. Bernardo Michael, Professor, South Asian, World History, Historiography, Ethnographic History, Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA

*Dr. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College, The Department of History, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA       

*Dr. Abhishek Kaicker, Assistant Professor, Department of History, UC Berkeley, CA, USA

*Ms. Falak Zaidi, Graduate Student of Urban and Regional Planning | Class of 2020, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, USA

*Dr. David R. Faust, Librarian for South Asia and Middle East, Interim Librarian for East & Southeast Asia, Collections Coordinator for Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences & Professional Programs, Ames Library of South Asia, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

*Mr. Najwat Rehman, Graduate Student, Stamps School of Art and Design,  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

*Mr. Ren Chao, PhD Candidate (History), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

*Staff of FedEx Design & Printing Group, Rancho Palos Verdes and City of Industry, CA, USA

*Dr. Mark H. Danley, Ph.D., M.L.I.S., National Coalition of Independent Scholars, New Windsor, New York, USA

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Canada

*Staff of Robarts Library, University of Toronto, Canada

*Mr. Syed Pervez Hasnain, Toronto, Canada

 

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UK

*Dr. Peter Jackson, Emeritus Professor, Keele University, England, UK

*Dr. Anne Mouron, Senior Library Assistant, Main Enquiry Desk, Lower Reading Room, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, England, UK
*Ms. Caroline Sterling, Academic Support Librarian for Schools of History, Classics and Archaeology and Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh Library, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
*Mr. Darren, Customer Services, Operations and Services at The British Library, West Yorkshire, England, UK
*Mr. Kevin Ball, Digital Marketing Executive | EMEA & Australasia, South Asia Archive, Taylor & Francis Group., Abingdon, Oxon, UK

*Mr. Burzine K. Waghmar, Librarian for South Asia and Arts & Humanities, SOAS Library, University of London, UK

 

France
*Late Dr. Catherine Servan-Schreiber, Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences), EHESS, Paris, France
*Dr. Claudine Salmon, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Researcher, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences), EHESS, Paris, France

*Ms Christilla Marteau d'Autry, Paris, France

*Ms. Lisa Champion, Paris, France (daughter of Late Dr. Catherine Servan-Schreiber, Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales / School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, EHESS, Paris, France)

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Norway

*Mr. Tristan Champion, Oslo, Norway (son of Late Dr. Catherine Servan-Schreiber, Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales / School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, EHESS, Paris, France)

 

Germany
*Dr. Ute Falasch, Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Religious Studies at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. (From Berlin, Germany).

*Lingli Li, Ph.D. Student, University of Gottingen, Germany
 

Switzerland
*Dr. Blain Auer, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

*Ms Kerstin Jaeger, ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschafte, Hochschulbibliothek Zürich, University of Zurich, Switzerland
*Mr. Gian Carlo Danuser, Asien-Orient-Institut der Universität Zürich, Asien-Orient-Bibliothek, University of Zurich, Switzerland
 

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Netherlands
*Dr. Thomas de Bruijn, Policy Advisor at The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO), Hague, Netherlands.

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Russia

*Dr. Eugenia Yurevna Vanina, Russian Indologist, Head of the History and Culture section and a researcher in the Centre for Indian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

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South Korea

*Professor Harry (Heung Gyoon) Choi, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), CheongJu University, South Korea.

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Kazakhstan
*Dr. Sanjay Garg, Director of the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Kazakhstan

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Egypt

*Mr. Abdulrahman Affaq, PhD Scholar, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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Oman

*Mr. Madani Hamidou, Muscat, Oman

*Mr. Kashif Aziz Bilgrami, Muscat, Oman
 

India
*Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Professor & Former Director, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna, Bihar, India
*Dr. Irfan Habib, Emeritus Professor, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India 

*Dr. Harbans Mukhia, Author of " The Mughals of India", Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

*Dr. Syed Ejaz Hussain, Professor & Head, Department of History, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
*Dr. Ishrat Alam, Professor, Chairman Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

*Dr. Athar Farouqui, General Secretary Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Hind., New Delhi, India
*Dr. Shayesta Bedar, Director, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna, Bihar, India
*Dr. Mohammad Sajjad, Professor, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
*Dr. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, Professor, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
*Dr. Kumari Lalita, Director KP Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna, Bihar, India
*Dr. Debraj Chakraborty, Assistant Professor in History, Berhampore

Girls' College, Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
*Late Dr. Pratap De, Professor, Maulana Azad College, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
*Dr. Raziuddin Aquil, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
*Mr. Sajjad Akhtar, Director, Brown Book Publications Group, Delhi / Aligarh, India
*Dr. Tahir Hussain Ansari, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus, Diphu Karbi Anglong, Assam, India
*Dr. Ved Parkash, Professor, Patna University, India
*Late Dr. Surendra Gopal, Professor, Patna University, Patna, Bihar, India
*Dr. Syed Farid Ahmed, Deputy Director of Archives, New Delhi, India
*Mr. Haider Ali, Rekhta Foundation, India
*Mr. Suman Mishra, Sufinama, India

*Mr. Syed Javed Mohsin, New Delhi, India

*Mr. Faraz Ahmad, Patna, Bihar, India

*Ms. Nida Ahmad, Patna, Bihar, India
*Mrs. Mehnaz Hussain, New Delhi, India

*Dr. (Mrs) Nafis Jahan Ansari, New Delhi, India

*Dr. Nazer Aziz Anjum, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

*Mr. Danish Balkhi, Bangalore, India

*Dr. Md Faisal Abdullah, Director-cum-Joint Secretary, Bihar State Archives, Patna, Bihar, India

*Mr. Suman Kumar, Former Director-cum-Joint Secretary, Bihar State Archives, Patna, Bihar, India

*Dr. Mahendra Pal, Former Director, Bihar State Archives, Patna, Bihar, India

*Dr. Rashmi Kiran, Archivist, Bihar State Archives, Patna, Bihar, India

*Dr. Ashok Kumar Ranjan, Archivist, Bihar State Archives, Patna, Bihar, India

*Mr. Muhammad Aslam, Bihar State Archives, Patna, Bihar, India

*Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Bihar State Archives, Patna, Bihar, India

*Mr. Umair Husami, Allahabad, India

*Mr. Abrar Raza Misbahi, New Delhi, India

*Dr. Syed Ali Kazim, Associate Professor, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

*Mr. Nagwant Singh, Graduate Student, Department of History, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

*Mr. Prateek Vijayavargia, New Delhi, India

*Dr. Nripendra Kumar Shrivastava, Professor, Dept. of History, Magadh University, Bodhgaya, India

*Ms. Sapna Kumari, Guest Assistant Professor, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

*Mr. Md Umar Ashraf, Heritage Times, Patna, Bihar, India.

*Mrs. Samina Fatima, New Delhi, India

*Mr. Syed Mohammad Ali, Patna, Bihar, India

*Mr. Khursheed Ahmad Hussain, Patna, Bihar, India

*Dr. Syed Shamim Haider, India

*Mr. Ali Shaan Haider, India

*Dr. Sunita Sharma, Professor, Patna University, India,

*Dr. Bharti S. Kumar, Professor, Former Dean & Head of the Department of History, Patna University, India

*Dr. Shubhneet Kaushik, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Satish Chandra College, (affiliated to Jananayak Chandrashekhar University), Ballia, UP, India

*Dr. Najaf Haider, D. Phil. (Oxon), Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

*Dr. Sampa Ghosh, Assistant Professor of History, Haripal College, West Bengal, India

*Mr. Bidyut Kumar Pal, Editor of Behar Herald, Patna, Bihar, India

*Dr. Prasun Chatterjee, Deputy Head, Primus Books, Higher Academic Division of Ratna Sagar Pvt Ltd, Delhi, India

*Dr. Mohammad Zafar Minhaj, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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Bangladesh

*Dr. Mohammad Zahidur Rahman, Professor, History Department, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

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Pakistan
*Dr. Tahera Aftab, Professor, Department of History, University of Karachi & Founding Director of Centre of Excellence in Women's Studies, Karachi, Pakistan

*Dr. Ilhan Niaz, Professor & Chairman, Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

*Dr. Tanvir Anjum, Professor, Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
*Dr. Faraz Anjum, Associate Professor, Department of History & Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
*Dr. Fouzia Farooq Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
*Ms. Motia Khan, Lecturer, Department of History, Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, Pakistan
*Dr. Adeela Ghazanfar, Assistant Professor, NUST Islamabad, Pakistan
*Mr. Kaiser Tufail, Lahore, Pakistan
*Mrs. Nudrat Sheikh, Islamabad, Pakistan

*Mrs. Saba Naseem, Karachi, Pakistan

*Dr. Shamila Aroge, Visiting Assistant Professor, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

*Mr. Ahmad Hassan, MPhil Scholar, Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

*Dr Munazza Batool, Assistant Professor, Department of Study of Religions, 
Faculty of Usuluddin, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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The Official Facebook Page and Official Website for Professor Syed Hasan Askari Historiography Project, are the products of personal research coupled with extensive citations and references of the scholarship of several distinguished historians and eminent officials who also worked on this subject since 1950s and are no longer with us but played a pivotal role in terms of priceless historical documentation. My appreciation and indebtedness to them goes beyond words. There are others whom I didn't meet or contact after the initiation of the Professor Syed Hasan Askari Historiography Project in 2015 but their outstanding scholarly works were a significant source for the success of this project and would like to take a moment to share the following list of the eminent academics, scholars and historians.

*Late Professor Dr. Qeyamuddin Ahmad, India
*Late Father Paul Jackson, Australia
*Late Professor Dr. M. Hasnain, India
*Late Dr. Gustav Roth, Germany
*Late Professor Simon Digby, UK
*Late Dr. Girish Chandra Dwivedi, India

*Late Dr. Noor-ul-Hasan Ansari, India

*Late Professor Dr. Riaz-ul-Islam, Pakistan
More…..
(Bibliography and Sources: https://www.professorsyedhasanaskari.com/sources)

 

In short, I have high confidence level that more historiographic material will be obtained, reviewed, compiled and posted online after consultations with academics and scholars in future. The primary objective of this academic exercise is to provide instantaneous access (in an user friendly format) to scholars, researchers, historians and public for their research work etc. I would be sharing additional scholarly works of late Prof. Askari (my grandfather) by enhancing and upgrading the digital sites with abstracts, analysis, summaries, reviews, synopsis, exploration activities, videos, articles/books links, dropbox status, etc. in coming days, weeks and months. Stay tuned, there is more to come…..

Regards,
Syed Ahmer Raza
Professor Syed Hasan Askari Historiography Project, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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