Teaching Specialization
History: Sociopolitical, institutional and intellectual history of Muslims in India and Pakistan; Mughal India; Safavid Iran; and Modern Islamic Developments in Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent and Iran.
Language and Literature: The languages include Urdu language and literature,and classical and modern Persian.
Seminars:
Modern Islamic Developments in India and Pakistan (1707 to Present)
The Safavids and the Mughals: A Comparative Study of Social, Institutional and Religious Developments in Mediaval India and Iran.
Medieval Indo-Islamic and Iranian Society: A Comparative Study of Political, Social, and Religious Developments.
History of Medieval Islam in India (711-1757)
Muslims in Modern Indian History
Muslim Culture and Civilization in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Islam and Politics: Modern Iran
Islam and Politics: Pakistan
Language Courses:
Urdu I, II, III
Persian I
Seminars on Urdu Literature at the University of Minnesota (1977-86)
An Analytical Survey of Urdu Literature (1750-1856) for an Understanding of Crisis in Indo-Muslim Civilization
Dabistan-i Lakhna'u: An Analytical Survey of Urdu Literature of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries in Awadh
A Study of the Muslim Community's Response to the Challenges of Modernity in the Light of Urdu Literature (1857-1920)
Partition of the Subcontinent and its Aftermath: An Analytical Study of Urdu Literature
Different Faces of Women in Urdu Fiction: A Study of the Works of Sa‘adat Hasan Manto and ‘Ismat Chughta'i
Readings: Urdu Texts Covering: Folklore, Wit and Humor, and Religion
Intellectual Trends as Reflected in Urdu Writings of the Eighteenth Century Delhi
Iqbal and His Urdu Poetry: Major Themes