Dr Nizami’s research interests are Muslim social and intellectual history (South Asia in particular). In recent years he has been working on an Atlas of Muslim Social and Intellectual History (to be published by Oxford University Press, New York).

Dr Nizami studied history at Wadham College, Oxford. In 1983, he was elected Rothman’s Fellow in Muslim History and subsequently Fellow in Islamic Studies at St Cross College, Oxford. Since 1985 he has served as the founding Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He is the King Charles III Fellow at Magdalen College, Honorary Fellow at Wadham College and Emeritus Fellow at St Cross College. He is also the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Islamic Studies, Oxford University Press, 1990– ) and the series editor of the Makers of Islamic Civilization series, Oxford University Press, 2004– ).