Mohammed Ishaq KhanMuhammad Ishaq Khan was Professor and Head of the Department of History and Director of the Centre for Kashmir Studies. He also held the Shaikhu'l-'Alam Chair at the University of Kashmir. He was awarded the Senior Leverhulme Research Fellowship by te Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in 1992. His major publications include Perspectives on Kashmir: Historical Dimensions (1983); Experiencing Islam (1997); Kashmir's Transition to Islam: The Role of Muslim Rishis (4th edn, 2005); History of Srinagar, 1846-1947: A Study in Socio-Cultural Change (3rd edn, 2007); an anthology of poems entitled Kashmir: Humanity Stifled (2007); and Biographical Dictionary of Sufism in South Asia (2009). Read More Read Less