Professor M Athar Ali
I. Books:
1. Mughal India Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society, and Culture, OUP, Delhi, 2006 (Posthumos).
2. The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb, Asia Publishing House, Bombay‑London, 1966; reprinted in Paperback in 1970. New Edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1996. This book has been translated into eleven Indian languages under the auspices of the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.
3. The Apparatus of Empire: Awards of Ranks, Offices and Titles to the Mughal Nobility, 1574‑1658, Oxford, 1985. The author received the Barpujari award from the Indian History Congress on this work being judged the best published work on Indian History in 1985 and 1986.
II. Papers Published:
1. `Foundation of Akbar’s Organisation of the Nobility, An Interpretation’, Medieval India Quarterly, Vol.III, Nos.3 & 4, 1958, Aligarh.
2. `Causes of the Rathor Rebellion of 1679′, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, XXIV Session, Delhi, 1961.
3. `The Religious Issue in the War of Succession, 1658‑59′, Medieval India Quarterly, Vol.V, 1963 (Aligarh).
4. `Jahangir and the Uzbeks’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Ranchi, 1964.
5. `Review Article on S.R. Sharma’s Religious Policy of the Mughal Emperors’, Enquiry, Vol.I, No.1, 1964 (Delhi).
6. `Karnatika at the end of the 17th Century ‑ A Contemporary Account in Persian’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Mysore, 1966.
7. `The Objectives Behind the Mughal Expedition to Balkh and Badakhshan’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Patiala, 1967. 8. `Provincial Governors Under Aurangzeb ‑ An Analysis’, Medieval India ‑ A Miscellany, Vol.I, Asia Publishing House, Bombay‑London, 1969.
9. `Sidelights on Ideological and Religious Attitudes in the Punjab during the 17th Century’, Medieval India ‑ A Miscellany, Vol.II, Asia Publishing House, Bombay‑London, 1972.
10. `The Passing of Empire: The Mughal Case’, Modern Asian Studies, Vol.9, Part 3, University of Cambridge, 1975.
11. `Provincial Governors under Shah Jahan ‑ An Analysis’, Medieval India ‑ A Miscellany, Vol.III, Asia Publishing House, Bombay‑London, 1975.
12. `Mansab and Imperial Policy under Shah Jahan’, The Indian Historical Review, Vol.III, No.1, July 1976, New Delhi.
13. `Religion and Medieval Indian Polity ‑ Some Reflections’, Medieval India ‑ A Miscellany, Vol.IV, Asia Publishing House, Bombay‑London, 1977.
14. `Towards An Interpretation of the Mughal Empire’, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, London, No.1, 1978.
15. `Nobility under Muhammad Tughluq’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Budh Gaya, 1981.
16. Theories of Sovereignty in Islamic Thought in India’, Symposium, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 1982.
17. `The Punjab, 13th‑14th Centuries’, Presidential Address, Medieval Section, Punjab History Conference, Patiala, 1982.
18. `Sulh‑i Kul and Religious Ideas of Akbar’, Studies in History, Vol.IV, No.1, 1982, JNU, New Delhi.
19. `The Pre‑Colonial Social Structure and the Polity of the Mughal Empire’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 1984.
20. `Capital of the Sultans ‑ Delhi during the 13th and 14th Centuries’, Delhi Through The Ages, Oxford, 1985.
21. `Recent Theories of the Indian Eighteenth Century’, The Indian Historical Review, Vol. XIII, 1986, New Delhi.
22. `The Islamic Background to Indian History ‑ An Interpretation of the Islamic Past’, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol.XXXII, Oct.1989, Brill/Leiden (The Netherlands).
23. `Encounter and Efflorescence ‑ The Genesis of The Medieval Civilization’, Presidential Address, Golden Jubilee Session, Indian History Congress, 1989; reprinted in Social Scientist, Vol.18, No.12, New Delhi, 1990.
24. `The Religious World of Jahangir’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 51st Session, Calcutta, 1990.
25. `Political Structures of Islamic Orient, 16th and 17th Centuries’, Medieval India, I, Oxford University Press, 1992.
26. Translation of Sanskrit Works at Akbar’s Court, Social Scientist, Vol.20, Numbers 9‑10, Delhi, 1992.
27. The Mughal Polity ‑‑ A Critique of "Revisionist" Approaches, Modern Asian Studies, Vol.27, University of Cambridge, 1993.
28. International Law or Conventions Governing Conduct of Relations between Asian States, 16th and 17th Centuries; paper presentation at the 34th International Congress ofAsian and North African Studies, Hong Kong, August, 1993.
29. The "Vision" In The Salt Range, 1578 ‑ An Interpretation; Proceeding of Indian History Congress, Mysore Session, 1993.
30. The use of Sources in Mughal Historiography; Journal Royal Asiatic Society, Part 3, Vol.5, London, 1995.
31. Changing Concepts of Social Justice in Indian History, Indian History Congress, Madras Session, 1996.
32. The Perception of India in Akbar and Abul Fazl; Akbar And His India, Oxford, 1996.
Articles in the Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Leiden, The Netherlands:
1. `Inayat Khan Khawafi’.
2. `Gaz’.