Title
Associate Professor

Department
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies


Faculty URL
http://sseas.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/munis-d-faruqui

Email
faruqui@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 643-9188


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Research Expertise and Interest
Mughal India, Delhi Sultanate, Islam in South Asia/India, Urdu

Research Description
Munis D. Faruqui is a historian. His focus is on the Muslim experience in South Asia, especially during the Mughal period. His books include?Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719?(Cambridge, 2012),?Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History(co-edited with Richard Eaton, David Gilmartin and Sunil Kumar)(Cambridge, 2013), and?Religious Interactions in Mughal India?(co-edited with Vasudha Dalmia)(Oxford, 2014). He is currently working on a book focused on the Mughal Empire in the latter half of the seventeenth century. In 2014, Dr. Faruqui was one of three recipients of UC-Berkeley's?Distinguished Teaching Award. The award recognizes teaching that "incites intellectual curiosity in students, engages them thoroughly in the enterprise of learning, and has a lifelong impact." Dr. Faruqui is the current Director of the Institute for South Asia Studies. In that capacity,?he holds the Sarah Kailath Chair of Indian Studies.