• Summary of UGC Major Research Project: Dhikral-Niswa al-Mutaabidat as Sufiyat (Biographies of devotional Sufi Women) Translation and Annotation

Academic Performance

Employment Profile

Highlights of Important Contributions

      Courses Taught

• History of Far East, China, Japan, World Powers and Diplomacy, History of Delhi Sutlanate, State and Economy (Medieval India)

      Research Project Supervised

• Three Students completed their Ph.D. under her supervision

      Any other innovative activity

• Student Advisor (History Department), 1998-2000
• Elected member, E.C. Indian History Congress, 1998-99
• Incharge, Library affairs, History Deptt.
• Contributed 3 chapters for IGNOU course Books on themes as mentioned below
   i) The regional powers:13th-15th century Northern and Western India
   ii) State and Economy: Mughal Land Revenue System and Agrarian Relations-Mughal India
• Delivered lecture on "Mughal Provincial Administration in the Indologisch Institute Kern, Rijks Universities, Leiden (The Netherlands) and in Longhborogh University, U.K IN 1986 and 1988
• Lectures delivered to the school teachers and college teachers under orientation programmes
• Gave video lectures on Unification of Germany and Foreign policy of Napoleon III, in Model course video Lecture in History a UGC sponsored project, Dec'1994.
• Gave lectures on "Women in History" with reference to the Rajput royal women, at the centre of Advanced study, Deptt. of History, AMU and JMI in July and October, 1998.
• Participated in various National and International Seminars
• Felicitated by Vidya Mandir Shodh Sansthan, Bikaner in July 1997 for contribution to History

      Member of Professional/Learned Bodies/Societies

• Indian History Congress since 1974

      Award Received

• UGC, Junior Research Fellowship in the centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, AMU, Aligarh, August 1971-February 1976
• Rhodes Visiting Fellowship, St. Hugh's College, Oxford, U.K. 1980-1982
• British Council Fellowship under UGC scheme for 3 months, 1980
• Visiting Fellowship Centre for Advanced Study in Humanities, Edinburgh (Scotland), July- August 1984.
• Visitorship, Centre of Advanced Study in History, AMU, Aligarh, November, 1998
• Elected member, E.C., History Congress for the session 1998-99

Abroad Visit

1. Went Oxford to give interview for the Rhodes visiting Fellowship (St. Hugh's College), June 1980
2. Oxford-Joined as Rhodes Fellow, Oct. 1980-Sep.1982
3. Edinburgh, Visiting Fellow July-Aug. 1984
4. London, Oct. 1985-Sep. 1986
5. Visited Paris for one month as a visiting Fellow, July-August 1986
6. Went to Heidelberg to attend the IXth European Conference, 9-12 July, 1986.
7. Went to Paris, London and Leiden in October, 1988 for 3 months and delivered lecture at Leiden.

Publication Details

Total Publication Profile
(a) Number of Papers published in refereed journals
In India: 29
In Abroad: - 
Total number of doctoral thesis guided: 7

List of Publications

      Research Papers

1. Assignment of Jagirs in Rajputana, Pro. I.H.C., Jadavpur, 1974.
2. A Shaikhzada Qaimkhani Family of Fatehpur-Jhunjhunu, Pro. I.H.C., Hyderabad, 1978.
3. City of Ajmer under the Mughals, seminar on urban-rular relationship, held in JMI, March, 1979.
4. Mines and Mints under the Mughals, Proc., I.H.C., Waltair, 1979.
5. Problems of the Mughal administration in Sind during the first half of the seventeenth century, Islamic Culture, Vol. LVII, No. 2, April 1983.
6. A brief note on the Muwazan, Khrud documents, Rajasthan History Congress, Bikaner, 1984
7. The Mughals and the Autonomous chiefs:Assignments of Jagirs to the ruling sisodia chiefs of Mewar, Islamic Culture, Vol. LX, No. 4, Oct'1986.
8. Umarkat: A Sodha Rajput principality in the Suba of Sind, I.H.C., Chidambaram, 1984.
9. The Mughal State and Tribes in Seventeenth century Sind, IESHR, Sept. 1989.
10. The Mughal Empire and the religions orthodoxy; with reference to Jahangir's contemporary Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Mukta (Hindi), August, 1991.
11. State and Tribes in Medieval India, National Symposium on Who are the Indigenous and Tribal People of India? Organised by the India Council of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, New Delhi, April 20-23, 1992.
12. Pali: An Entrepot between Sea and Land, presented to the seminar on the small Town in Indian History and Rural-Urban Network, Shimla, April 28-May 1, 1992.
13. Akbar and Formation of State- a case study of Sind, paper presented to the seminar on Akbar and his age, History Deptt. AMU, Oct. 1992, published in Akbar and his Age, Ed. Irfan Habib, OUP, 1997.
14. Converstion to Islam, Formation of castes and their social status in Medieval Rajasthan, Art and Culture. Felicitation volume in honour of Professor S. Nurul Hasan, ed. A.J. Qaisar and S.P. Verma, Jaipur, 1993.
15. Persian Historiography and its effect on Rajasthan Medieval History writings, paper presented to the seminar on Historiography in Islamic Perspective, Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, 19 Feb.-21 Feb. 1993.
16. History from Literature-Medieval Rajasthan in view, paper presented to the Indian History Congress, Aligarh, 1994.
17. Demography of the Rajput Royal Families in Khyats, paper presented to the seminar on Khyat and its Historical Importance, organised by Sadul Research Institute, Bikaner, August, 1997.
18. Illiterate People: Their spiritual and Humanistic vision, paper presented to the session of the Indian History Congress, Patiala, 1998.

      Book Reviews

1. Ram Kishore Pandey-Life and Achievements of Muhammad Bairam Khan Turkaman, The Indian Historical Review, July 1978-Jan. 1979.
2. Ranawat-Shahjahan ke Hindu Mansabdar Madya Kalin Bharat (Hindi), ed. Irfan Habib, Aligarh, Vol. I, 1980.
3. Sajda S. Alvi (ed.), Mirat al Alam, Islam and the Modern Age, Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies, JMI, New Delhi, 1981.
4. Dalpat Vilas, India Historical Review, Vol. VII, No. 1-2.
5. G.C. Sharma-Administrative system of the Rajputs , Madya Kalin Bharat (Hindi), ed. Irfan Habib, Vol. II, Aligarh, 1982.
6. B.P. Ambastha-Non-Persian sourse on Indian Medieval History, Indian History, Indian Historical Review, Vol. X, Nos. 1-2.
7. Hukam Singh Bhati-Rajasthan ke Mertiya Rathore (Hindi), Indian Historical Review.
8. Pratapaditya Pal (ed.) Americal collection of Asian Art, India Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1, December, 1988.
9. J.K. Jain (ed.)- Khyat Deshdarpan, Indian Historical Review, Vol. XVII, Nos. 1-2, July 1990 and January 1991.
10. Sukumar Ray-Bairam Khan, Islamic Culture, Neeru Misra-Succession and Imperial Leadership among the Mughals 1525-1707, Indian Historical Review, Vol. XX, Nos. 1-2, July 1993 and January 1994.
11. S.S. Ratnawat-Rajput Polity (with special reference to the Kachhawaha Nobility of Jaipur during 1700-1858) Indian Historical Review.