Syed Najmul Raza RizviSyed Najmul Raza Rizvi retired as Professor and Head of the Department of History, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. He is the author of Zamindars and Revenue Farmers of Eastern U.P.; Nepal ka Itihas (Hindi); The Rebel World of 185 (in Hindi and English); and Shi'ism: Identity, Scholars, Education and Culture. He has contributed research articles in various publications including Islamic Culture and the Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. He is the Founder Secretary of the UP History Congress, and Chief Editor of Itihas-Drishti, a reputed journal of history in Hindi on the UGC Care list. Read More Read Less