Md. Salim Zaweed

Assistant Professor

BA History (AMU, 2004)

MA History (AMU, 2006)

M. Phil History (AMU, 2009)

PhD History (AMU, 2015)

My doctoral work at the Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University was on the Schools of the Rajput architecture during the medieval period, where I have examined the building typologies, architectural forms, innovative patterns and ornamental techniques, from plaster and carved stones to glazed tiles and mural paintings of fort-palace complexes, temples, cenotaphs, havel?s, gardens and water conservation techniques. It also traces the evolution and transformation of the forms and ornamental motifs and its sub-regional variations of each principal Rajput sites (i.e, Gwalior, Amber, Jaipur, Nahargarh, Jaigarh, Udaipur, Chittor, Ranthambhor, Mandore,  Jodhpur, Kumbhalgarh, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Nagaur. My first regular appoint after completing the PhD at Department of History, Presidency University in 2016.

My research is primarily in medieval Indian history and I am especially interested in the medieval Indian art and architecture including inscriptional studies. My second monograph on that topic is called Grand Architecture of Medieval Rajasthan: Innovation and Imitation published in 2020. I am also working on the Gaur and Pandua (medieval capital of West Bengal) in the period 1300-1700 and frequently published articles related to medieval art and architecture including over monumental Persian inscriptions. 

After joining the Presidency History department in 2016, I have introduced four new papers for the UG and PG courses, Art and Architecture in Medieval India, World History, History and Historiography in Medieval India, and History of Communication in Medieval India. I have been assigned to teach the following courses at UG and PG Levels:

Art and Architecture in Medieval India
World History 1789-1945
History of Historical Writings in Medieval India
History of Communication in Medieval India
Understanding Heritage
Indian Art and Architecture 
The Twentieth Century World 
History of India (c. 1550-1605)

Currently, I am supervising four PhD students in our department of History. 

1. Utpal Biswas, ‘Temples as Cultural Sites: Case Studies form Ra?ha Bengal (16th -19th century)’, Department of History, Presidency University, since 2019. 

2. Shamima Nasrin, ‘Religion and Culture in the Local Context: The Case of Temples of Maluti’, Department of History, Presidency University, since 2019. 

3. Arghya Protim Bala ‘Dalitisation of the Namasudras: Colonial and Post-colonial Period’, Department of History, Presidency University, since 2020.

4. Pinki Ghosh ‘Interpretation of Colonial Paintings from 1750-1850’, Department of History, Presidency University, since 2023
 

 
• Member of Research Advisory Committee, Department of History, Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata, 2023.
• Head of the Department, Department of History, Presidency University, Kolkata, 1 April 2019 to 16 January 2023
• External Member of the Board of Studies (BoS), Department of History, Aliah University, 2023-2026
• Member of Anti-Ragging Committee, Presidency University, 2023-24.
• Member of Planning and Development Committee, Presidency University, 2017-18; 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22; 2022-23
• Honorary Reviewer for a Journal The Yore: Research and Review, 2021-22; 2022-23
• Member of University Annual Report Committee, Presidency University, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21
• Teacher In-charge, Boy’s Common Room, Presidency University, 217-18; 2018-19
• Incharge, M.A. Student’s Weekly Seminar, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, 2004-2005
• Secretary, Student’s Seminar, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, 2005-2006
• Member, Aligarh Historians Society
• Member, Indian History Congress, AM 21752
• Member, Uttar Pradesh History Congress, AM 1327 
• Member, Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, AM 2015
 

Monographs

2021 Grand Architecture of Medieval Rajasthan: Innovation and Imitation, 2 Vols., Shubhi Publication, Gurgaon, 2021, ISBN: 9788182903708; https://www.amazon.com/Grand-Architecture-Medieval-Rajasthan-Vols/dp/818290370X

2014 Marvels of Bundela Architecture: Temples, Palaces and Other Structures at Orchha, Shubhi Publication, Gurgaon, 2014, ISBN-10: 8182903005 & ISSN-13: 9788182903005 https://www.amazon.in/Marvels-Bundela-Architecture-Temples-Structures/dp/818290305X

Journals

2023 “Tradition, Innovation and Revival: The Imperial Tomb Architecture of the Marwar Rulers (Jodhpur and Bikaner), Journal of Indian History and Culture, Thirty-First Issue, June 2023, pp. 138-157, ISSN: 0975-7805, UGC Care list link: https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/Apps1/User/WebA/SearchList; https://www.academia.edu/116205710/The_Imperial_Tomb_Architecture_of_Mewar_Rulers

2021 “Water for Life: Architecture and Hydraulic Engineering in Medieval Rajasthan, Summerhill: IIAS Review, Vol. XXVII, No. 2 (Winter 2021), pp. 48-53, ISSN 0972-1452. UGC Care list link: https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/Apps1/User/WebA/SearchList; http://14.139.58.200/ojs/index.php/summerhill/article/view/1402

2021 “The Waqf Estates of Pandua: Historical Analysis (from Fifteenth to Twentieth Centuries), Indian Historical Review, published online on 9 October 2021, pp. 1-19. Doi: 10.1177/03769836211052103; Volume 48, Number 2, December 2021, pp. 273-291, ISSN 0376-9836; Scopus Indexed Journal: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100400140; https://doi.org/10.1177/03769836211052103

2021 “The Monumental Remains of the Bundela Rajputs in Mathura”, Indian Journal of Archaeology, July-October, 2021, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 911-933, ISSN 2455-2798; http://ijarch.org/Abstract.aspx?articleno=419

2020 “Bohar Madrasa: An Eighteenth-Century Centre of Islamic Learning and Modern Institution in Bengal”, Indo-Iranica, Vol. 73, Nos. 1-4 (March to December), 2020, pp. 159-172, ISSN: 0378-0856

https://www.academia.edu/116249925/Bohar_Madrasa_An_Eighteenth_Century_Centre_of_Islamic_Learning_and_Modern_Institution_i_Bengal

2020 “The Mosque of Kalinjar (Banda District, Uttar Pradesh: Retracing Its History and Architecture”, Journal of Pakistan Historical Society (Historicus), July-September, 2020, Vol. LXVIII, No. 3, pp. 35-62, ISSN 0030-9796; peer-reviewed https://www.phs.com.pk/index.php/phs/article/view/82

2014 “Unpublished Persian Inscriptions of Mir Ma'sum Bhakkhari ‘Nami’ at Akbari Masjid, Jaisalmer (1598-1599 A.D.) known as Faqiron-Ka Takyah”, Journal of Pakistan Historical Society (Historicus), January-March 2014, Vol. LXII, No. 1, pp. 21-34, ISSN 0030-9796

https://www.academia.edu/44780684/Unpublished_Persian_Inscriptions_of_Mir_Masum_Bhakkari

Chapters contributed in Edited Volumes

2023 “The Tombs of the Amber Rulers: A Re-examination of Medieval Chhatr? Architecture” published in Prof. P. Chenna Reddy Felicitation Volume edited by K. N. Reddy & etl., Kalyana Mitra, Volume-VI: Architecture, Bluerose Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 26 January 2023, pp. 320-331, ISBN: 978-935741108 https://www.academia.edu/107308687/The_Tombs_of_the_Amber_Rulers_A_Re_examination_of_Medieval_Chhatr%C4%AB_Architecture

2022 “Munshi Syed Sadruddin and Madrasah-i Jalalia” published in Firoj High Sarwar (ed.), Illustrating the Muslims of Modern Bengal, Progressive Publishers, Kolkata, February 2022, pp. 15-27, ISBN: 978-81-8064-378-1

https://www.academia.edu/76188831/Munshi_Syed_Sadruddin_and_Madrasah_i_Jalalia

2021 “Observations on the word Baoli”, published in V. N. Bahadur (ed.), Stepwells of Rajasthan, Subhi Publications, Gurgaon, First Revised Edition, 2021, pp. xv-xvii, ISBN: 978-81-8290-354-8

2020 “Orchha and Its Temple Architecture”, published in Uma Chakraborty & Basupurna Mukherjee (ed.), India Unbound: A Collection of Essays, Levant Books India, Kolkata, 2020, pp. 163-173, ISBN: 978-93-88069-65-6

https://www.academia.edu/45025380/Orchha_and_Its_Temple_Architecture

2020 “Domes in Indo-Islamic Architecture”, published in Taiyaba Munawer (ed.), Science in Architecture, Medtech (A Division of Scientific International), New Delhi, 2020, pp. 19-44, ISBN: 978-93-89393-60-6

https://www.academia.edu/45025279/Domes_in_Indo_Islamic_Architecture

2016 “Shaikh Fazlullah: A Suhrawardia Sufi of Delhi”, published Emili Rumi and Swapan Kumar Sarkar (ed.), Sufism in India: Interpretative Essays, Ashadeep Publication, Kolkata, 2016, pp.  53-58 ISBN, 978-93-81245-76-6

https://www.academia.edu/44780535/Shaikh_Fazlullah_A_Suhrawardi_Sufi_of_Delhi

2014 “Noble’s Structures at Orchha, The Haveli of a Minister- Bir Singh Deo Bundela”, published in Omprakash Srivastava (ed.), Essays on Humanities: Recent Discoveries, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, 2014, pp. 141-148, ISBN, 978-3-659-13764-8; https://www.academia.edu/44780527/Nobles_Structures_of_Orchha

2010 “Temple Architecture of the Bundelas: The Chaturbhuja Temple at Orchha”, presented in Uttar Pradesh History Congress, 19th      Session, 18-19 October, 2008, Allahabad, published in ‘Conversations in Indian History’, ed., by A. K. Sinha & S. Z. H. Jafri, Anamika Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2010, pp. 114-120, ISBN 978-81-7975-342-2

https://www.academia.edu/44780510/Temple_Architecture_of_the_bundelas_Chaturbhuja_Temple_Orchha

Full Paper in Conference Proceedings

2017 “The Presence of the Past: Communal Harmony in the Mughal Religious Policies”, Proceedings Volume of the International Seminar on ‘Nation-Nationality and Communalism: Dialectics of Harmony in Indian Sub-continent’,    published by  Vidyasagar Centre of Indological Studies, Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata, December 2017, pp. 202-   222. https://www.academia.edu/44780773/Presence_of_the_Past_Communal_Harmony_in_the_Mughal_Religious_Policies

2015 “Medieval Monuments of Mehrauli: Reality and Myth”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 76th Session, University of Gaur Banga, West Bengal, 27-29 December 2015, pp. 248-258. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44156643

2014 “The Organisation of Space in The Havelis of Rajasthan”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, Platinum Jubilee (75th) Session, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, December, 2014, pp. 1090-1095. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158496

2013 “Arcuate Techniques in Palatial Structures of Western Rajasthan”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 74rd Session, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 28-30 December 2013, pp. 875-884, ISSN 2249-1937; https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158889

2012 “Rajput Architecture of the Mewar from 13th to 18th Centuries”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 73rd Session, Mumbai University, Mumbai, 28-30 December, 2012, pp. 400-407, ISSN 2249-1937; https://www.jstor.org/stable/44156230

2011 “Persian Inscription of Faqiron-ka Takiya, a Sarai in Jaisalmer: Its Meaning and Importance”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 72nd Session, Punjabi University, Patiala, 10-13 December, 2011, pp. 543-546, ISSN 2249-1937; https://www.jstor.org/stable/44146749

2010 “Continuity and Change in Architectural Elements at Amber Palace Buildings (1560-1880), Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 71st Session, Malda, 2010-11, pp. 1122-1133, ISSN 2249-1937 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147580

2009 “Medieval Remains at Kalinjar”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 70th Session, 2009-10, Delhi, pp. 960-974, ISSN 2249-1937 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147742

2008 “Wall Paintings at Orchha”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 69th Session, Kannur University, 28-30 December, 2008, Kannur, pp. 1076-1082, ISSN 2249-1937; https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147269

2007 “Salient features of Bundela architecture at Orchha”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 68th Session, University of Delhi, 28-30 December, 2007, Delhi, pp. 1409-1416, ISSN 2249-1937; https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145650

2006 “Fort of Kalinjar and its Medieval Structures”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 67th Session, Farook College, Kozhikode (Calicut), 10-12 March 2007, Kerala, pp. 1020-1028, ISSN 2249-1937; https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148019