Iqtidar Husain SiddiquiIqtidar Husain Siddiqui was Chairman, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University and Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University. He has contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Islam(Leiden); Encyclopaedi Iranica (USA); and Encyclopaedia of Islamic Civilization in Arabic(Jordan) and is the author of several books, including Some Aspects of Afghan Despotism in India (1969); Mughal Relations with the Indian Ruling Elite (1983); Islam and Muslims in South Asia: Historical Perspective (1986); Perso-Arabic Sources of Information on the Life and Conditions in the Sultanate of Delhi (1992); Sher Shah Sur and His Dynasty (1995); Islamic Heritage in South Asia, vol. 1 (2001) and vol. 2 (2003); Medieval India: Essays in Intellectual Thought and Culture (2003); Authority and Kingship under the Sultans of Delhi (2006); Medieval India: Essays in Diplomacy and Culture (2009); Indo-Persian Historiography to the Fourteenth Century (enlarged edn. 2014); and Composite Culture under the Sultanate of Delhi (revd and enlarged edn, 2016). Read More Read Less