Mohammad Habib
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Mohammad Habib (1895–1971) was an Indian Marxist historian,[1] who worked at the Aligarh Muslim University. He was involved in the Indian Independence movement, and was an associate of both Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
He was a candidate in the
Early life and education
Habib was a son of Mohammed Naseem, a barrister in Lucknow. His wife Sohaila Tyabji was the daughter of
Habib studied at the M.A.O. School and College (now
It was in Oxford that he received his baptism in nationalism. The ideas of his liberal-minded tutor Ernest Barker, a meeting with
Career
In 1926, he won the election of the U.P. Legislative Council as a member of the (Swaraj Party). He admired Jawaharlal Nehru and donated a considerable part of his income to the Congress Party.[citation needed]
At Aligarh, Habib made his mark in many ways. As an academician, his great emphasis was on writing history based on original sources, and he encouraged the study of aspects of history other than dynastic or political rule. He himself wrote on social and cultural history, and painstakingly unravelled the history of Muslim mystics for some of whom he came to cherish an almost personal affection.
In the forties, his interest in Marxism heightened and in 1952 he presented, in a remarkable piece, his introduction to a reprint of volume II of Elliot and Dowson's The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, which was an interpretation of early medieval India deeply influenced by Marxist ideas. He visited Paris to represent his country at the UN General Assembly, followed by a trip to Peking (now Beijing) in 1952 on the first goodwill mission from India to the People's Republic of China. Both the visits strengthened him in his belief in the need for India to help countries resisting imperialism. He kept nursing the sapling of liberalism in the portals of his university.
Post-retirement
He unsuccessfully contested for the office of the
Death
He died in 1971.
Legacy
The Mohammad Habib Hall of AMU was named after him in 1972. It has three hostels: Chakraverty Hostel, Umaruddin Hostel and Haider Khan Hostel.[7]
Selected publications
- A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanate (A.D. 1206-1526) (general editor with K. A. Nizami)
- Hazrat Amir Khusrau of Delhi. 1st Pakistan ed. Lahore : Islamic Book Service [1979].
- Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya: hayat aur talimat.Dihli : Shubah-yi Urdu, Dihli Yunivarsiti, [1972] University of Delhi. Dept. of Urdu. Silsilah-i matbuat-i Shubah-yi Urdu [1970].
- The political theory of the Delhi sultanate (including a translation of Ziauddin Barani's Fatawa-i Jahandari, ...) Allahabad, Kitab Mahal [1961].
- Politics and society during the early medieval period: collected works of Professor Mohammad Habib / edited by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami. New Delhi : People's Pub. House [1974–1981].
- Some aspects of the foundation of the Delhi Sultanat [sic]. Delhi, Dr. K. M. Ashraf Memorial Committee; [sole distributors: Kalamkar Cooperative, 1968] Dr. K. M. Ashraf memorial lecture, 1966
- Sultan Mahmud of Ghaznin. 2d ed.Delhi, S. Chand [1967].
References
- ^ Historical Writings of Professor Mohammad Habib https://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902049.pdf
- ^ Obituary of Sohaila Habib in The Hindu, December 24, 2002
- ^ AMU confers emeritus status on Irfan Habib
- ^ Nauriya, Anil (24 December 2002). "Memories of another Gujarat". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Mohammad Habib - Aligarh Movement" Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ Dr.zakir Hussain:quest for Truth, By Dr. Z. H. Faruqi
- ^ "MOHAMMAD HABIB HALL". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
External links
- Mohammad Habib Hall at Aligarh Muslim University
- Prof. Mohammad Habib page at Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University
- A biographical account by Irfan Habib at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 October 2009) (from the foreword to Historiography of Medieval India by Sanjay Subodh, Manak Publications, 2003)