Dr. Motiur Rahman Khan

Assitant Professor
Contact : mrkhan@pgdave.du.ac.in



Research Publications:
  1. An Article with Saiyid Zaheer Husain Jafri, "Endowments, Grants and Charities in Medieval India: A Case Study of Mahabodhi Temple", in Anand Singh (ed.), Dana: Reciprocity and Patronage in Buddhism, Primus, Delhi, 2017
  2. An Article, “Piety and Endowment before ‘Welfare State’: A study of waqf in pre-colonial India” in N.R Farooqi & SZH Jafri (eds), Understanding the Past: India in the Mirror of History, Delhi, 2014, pp.291-304 (ISBN: 978-81-7975-591-4)  
  3. An Article, “Akbar and the Dargah of Ajmer” in Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 71st Session, Malda, 2011 (ISSN 2249-1937), pp.226-235
  4. An Article, “Contesting Claims for ‘Tawaliyat’ (Custodianship): Taj Mahal and the Current Litigation ” in S.Z.H. Jafri & N.R. Farooqui (eds.), Pluralities of Past: Upper Gangetic Valley through the Millennium, Anamika, New Delhi, 2012, pp.230-241, (ISBN 978-81-7975-514-3)
  5. An article, “Waqf of Shah Abul M’aali of Ambehta in Sarkar Saharanpur from Early 18th Century to the Present” in N.R. Farooqi & S.Z.H. Jafri (eds.), Aspects of Indian History, Anamika, New Delhi, 2013, pp. 296-303, (ISBN 978-81-7975-476-4)
  6. An article, ‘Islam, ‘Islamists’ and Resistance’ in Journal of Development Management and Communication,(ISSN 2348-7739) Vol. 1, No.4, Oct-Dec 2014, pp.437-441  

Chapters in textbook
  1. Contributed a chapter, “द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध : कारण और प्रभाव” in Aniruddh Deshpande (et.al) (eds.), बीसवीं शताब्दी में विश्व इतिहास के प्रमुख मुद्दे, हिन्दी माध्यम कार्यान्वय निदेशलाय, University of Delhi (publication), 2013, pp.200-223 (ISBN 978-93-80172-52-1)  
RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTED

International Seminars

·  Presented a paper entitled “Piety and Endowment before Welfare State: A Study of Waqf in pre-colonial North India” at International Conference on Colonization and Decolonization: Challenges and Prospect, Department of History, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-19 April 2012.
·  Presented a paper titled, “Endowments, Grants and Charities in Medieval India: A case Study of Mahabodhi Temple” in International Conference on ‘Introspection on Buddhist Traditions’, School of Buddhist Studies and Civilization, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, UP, September 7-9, 2012
·  Presented a paper on “Taj Mahal and the Waqf Controversy in Present Times” in an International Seminar on Taj Mahal (Jointly organized by ICHR and Iran Culture House), University of Delhi, 23-24 Oct. 2009

National Seminars

·  Presented a paper titled, ‘ ‘Secular’ Shrine and ‘Religious’ Endowment: Images and fancies of Patricians about the dargah of Salar Masud Ghazi’, 74th Session, Indian History Congress, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, December 28-30, 2013
·  Presented a paper titled, “History, Tradition and Legend of a Sufi Personality & his Dargah: A Study of Shaikh Alauddin Sabir of Kaliyar”, 73rd Session, Indian History Congress, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, December 28-30, 2012
·  Presented a paper titled “The Institution of Waqf and ‘Ideas of Humanitarianism’ in pre-colonial North India” at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi on 28th July 2012.
·  Presented a paper titled, “State Patronage to two Shaivite Maths of the East: Jangambari math of Banaras and Bodh Gaya Math” in The Making of a Region: Purvanchal/Purab upto 1857, ICHR sponsored National Seminar, Department of Medieval and Modern History, DDU, Gorakhpur University 21-22 February, 2012  
·  Presented  paper titled, “Waqf of Shah Abul M’aali of Ambehta in sarkar Saharanpur”, in the 71st Session of Indian History Congress, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 28-30 December, 2011
·  Presented a paper titled “Bodh Gaya Math: A Study of State Patronage and Litigation from Mughal times to 1980s” in the 70th Session of Indian History Congress, University of Delhi, Feb 2010
Presented a paper entitled “Gender Disparity in Indian Law: Agricultural Land and Women in Post Independent Northern India” in an ICHR Sponsored National Seminar on Equipollent Issues and Women in Post Independent India in Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University, Gorakhpur, Feb. 2010.