Professor Raziuddin Aquil teaches medieval and early modern history at the University of Delhi, India. Professor Aquil’s research and teaching interests include literary and historical traditions, religious practices, and political cultures in medieval and early modern India.
His books include, Sufism, Culture, and Politics: Afghans and Islam in Medieval North India (Oxford University Press), The Muslim Question: Understanding Islam and Indian History (Penguin Books) and Days in the Life of a Sufi: 101 Enchanting Stories of Wisdom (Pan Macmillan). He has also edited with Partha Chatterjee, History in the Vernacular (Permanent Black), with David Curley, Literary and Religious Practices in Medieval and Early Modern India (Manohar and Routledge) and with Tilottama Mukherjee, An Earthly Paradise: Trade, Politics and Culture in Early Modern Bengal (Manohar and Routledge).