Muzaffar Alam

1.4k total citations
32 papers, 578 citations indexed

About

Muzaffar Alam is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Muzaffar Alam has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 578 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Muzaffar Alam's work include Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (19 papers), Islamic Studies and History (17 papers) and Education and Islamic Studies (8 papers). Muzaffar Alam is often cited by papers focused on Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (19 papers), Islamic Studies and History (17 papers) and Education and Islamic Studies (8 papers). Muzaffar Alam collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and France. Muzaffar Alam's co-authors include Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Marc Gaborieau, Scott C. Levi, Kaushik Roy and Seema Alavi and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The Journal of Military History and Modern Asian Studies.

In The Last Decade

Muzaffar Alam

32 papers receiving 412 citations

Peers

Muzaffar Alam
Faisal Devji United Kingdom
Brian Stanley United Kingdom
Duncan B. Forrester United Kingdom
Gail Minault United States
Sandria B. Freitag United States
Jonathan P. Berkey United States
Francesca Orsini United Kingdom
Sankar Muthu United States
Andrew Sartori United States
Gary Wilder United States
Faisal Devji United Kingdom
Muzaffar Alam
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Countries citing papers authored by Muzaffar Alam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Muzaffar Alam

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muzaffar Alam

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Alam, Muzaffar. (2021). The Mughals and the Sufis. SUNY Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Alam, Muzaffar & Sanjay Subrahmanyam. (2016). Beijing to the Bosphorus: notes on the travel account. 1 indexed citations
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Alam, Muzaffar. (2013). The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India. Oxford University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
4.
Alam, Muzaffar. (2012). Strategy and imagination in a Mughal Sufi story of creation. The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 49(2). 151–195. 10 indexed citations
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Alam, Muzaffar & Sanjay Subrahmanyam. (2011). Writing the Mughal World. Columbia University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Subrahmanyam, Sanjay & Muzaffar Alam. (2011). Writing the Mughal World. Columbia University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Alam, Muzaffar. (2011). The debate within: a Sufi critique of religious law,tasawwufand politics in Mughal India. South Asian History and Culture. 2(2). 138–159. 6 indexed citations
8.
Alam, Muzaffar & Sanjay Subrahmanyam. (2007). Acculturation or tolerance: Interfaith relations in Mughal North India, c. 1750. 427–466. 1 indexed citations
9.
Alam, Muzaffar & Sanjay Subrahmanyam. (2006). Envisioning power. The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 43(2). 131–161. 2 indexed citations
10.
Alam, Muzaffar & Sanjay Subrahmanyam. (2005). Southeast Asia as Seen from Mughal India : Tahir Muhammad's 'Immaculate Garden' (ca. 1600). Archipel. 70(1). 209–237. 8 indexed citations
11.
Alam, Muzaffar. (2004). The Languages of Political Islam: India 1200-1800. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 120 indexed citations
12.
Roy, Kaushik, et al.. (2002). A European Experience of the Mughal Orient: The Ijaz-i Arsalani (Persian Letters) of Antoine-Louis Henri Polier. The Journal of Military History. 66(3). 839–839. 7 indexed citations
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Alam, Muzaffar, et al.. (2000). The Making of Indo Persian Culture: Indian and French Studies. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 28 indexed citations
14.
Alam, Muzaffar. (1998). The Pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics. Modern Asian Studies. 32(2). 317–349. 75 indexed citations
15.
Alam, Muzaffar. (1997). State Building under the Mughals: Religion, Culture and Politics. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 105–128. 3 indexed citations
16.
Alam, Muzaffar. (1994). Trade, State Policy and Regional Change: Aspects of Mughal-Uzbek Commercial Relations, C. 1550-1750. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 37(3). 202–202. 10 indexed citations
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Alam, Muzaffar & Sanjay Subrahmanyam. (1994). L'Etat Moghol et sa Fiscalite XVIe-XVIIIeSiècles. Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales. 49(1). 189–217. 9 indexed citations
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Alam, Muzaffar, et al.. (1991). The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and the Punjab, 1707-48.. The American Historical Review. 96(1). 243–243. 74 indexed citations
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Alam, Muzaffar. (1989). III. Competition and Co-existence: Indo-Islamic Interaction in Medieval North India. Itinerario. 13(1). 37–60. 8 indexed citations
20.
Alam, Muzaffar. (1974). The Zamindars and Mughal Power in the Deccan, 1685-1712. The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 11(1). 74–91. 4 indexed citations

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