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Ph.D.  History (1990) Columbia University

Awarded with Distinction. 

Dissertation: "In the Path of the Prophet: Maulana Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and the Ahl-e Sunnat wa Jamaat Movement in British India, c. 1870-1921"

Committee Chair: Prof. William R. Roff.

M Phil. History, Columbia University

South Asia and Southeast Asia

MA in Southeast Asian Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

BA (Honors)  in  Sociology, minor in Economics, Delhi University, India

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Ahl-i Sunnat or "Barelwi" Madrasas in South Asia.

• "Traditionalist" reformist women, especially those of the Ahl-i Sunnat or Barelwi movement, through the study of the "Sunni Bihishti Zewar" and related texts.

• Connections between the sufi elements of Shah Wali Allah's thought and the Ahl-i Sunnat movement.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

• Ahmad Riza Khan: In the Path of the Prophet. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2005.

• Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and His Movement, 1870-1920. 2nd edition. New York and Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999.

• Numerous articles published (See publications page)