Prof. Dr. Sayed
Wiqar Ali Shah
- Professor Emeritus in History (Present)
- Former Acting Vice Chancellor, Quaid-i-Azam University
- Former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, QAU
- Former Tenured Professor of History, QAU
- Former Chairman, Dept. of Pakistan Studies, NUML
Scholar of South Asian History
"A historian's task is not merely to record the past, but to give voice to those who shaped it."
Prof. Dr. Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah is one of Pakistan's most distinguished historians, renowned for his authoritative scholarship on Pashtun nationalism, the Khudai Khidmatgaar movement, and colonial-era South Asian politics. His D.Phil from the University of Oxford (1997) — completed under the supervision of Prof. Judith M. Brown, Beit Professor of Commonwealth History — cemented his standing as a leading authority on the North-West Frontier Province.
Over four decades at Quaid-i-Azam University, he rose from tenured Professor to Dean of Social Sciences and Acting Vice Chancellor. Writing in English, Pashto, and Urdu, his scholarship bridges archival rigour and accessible prose — bringing Pashtun identity to both academic and popular audiences worldwide.
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Prof. Dr. Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah welcomes inquiries from researchers, students, journalists, and institutions interested in South Asian history, Pashtun nationalism, and related scholarly work.