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Dr Ali Khan Mahmudabad is a historian, writer, poet and professor. He is a scholar of the social and cultural history of Islam and has had a deep engagement with Muslim communities living in South Asia and the Middle East. He teaches history and political science at Ashoka University, Haryana, and is the national spokesperson for the Samajwadi Party.

Mahmudabad has just finished his first book in the English language, entitled The Making of North Indian Muslim Identity: Poetry, Politics, and Religion 1850–1950.