Khair-ul-Majalis: Malfoozat Hazrat Shaikh Naseer-ud-din Mahmood, Chiragh-i-Delhi of Molana Hameed Qalandar

Professor I.H. Ansari (b 1946) studies History (1964-1968) at the University of Allahabad, from where he later obtained DPhil in 1996 for his work on Deoband School. He joined U.P. Higher Education (Group A) Service in 1972, remained Lecturer from 1972-1974 and Head, Deptt, of History from 1974-1997 in various Govt. Degree and Post-graduate Colleges. He was promoted as Principal in 1997, in which capacity he retired from Govt. Degree College, Talbehat (Lalitpur) in 2006. He has numerous published research papers dealing with different aspects of Indian History & Culture and many PhD researchers are working under his supervision and guidance. On Superannuation, he is engaged in scholarly pursuits of translating and editing rare Persian and Urdu sources and the present work is a mute witness thereof.