Akbar S. Ahmed

Also known as Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Ahmed, Akbar S.

Anthropologist, bureaucrat, scholar, writer

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Works: 48

Top works

Social and Economic Change in the Tribal Areas
Pakistan society
Mansehra
Millenium and charisma among Pathans
Journey into Islam

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Akbar Ahmed is an Pakistani professor, author, filmmaker and former civil servant. For more than three decades, he was a civil servant in Pakistan, where his posts included Political Agent in the Tribal Areas (1978–1980), Commissioner in Balochistan (1984–1988), and Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland (1999). During his acamedic career, he was a visiting professor many…

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Glories of Islamic Art — Self - Narrator2006

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Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Prayagraj
Occupation: filmmaker
Educated at: SOAS, University of London
Employer: American University
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Islam
Award: American Book Awards
Field of work: international relations
Official website: web.archive.org/web/20070107042215/http://www.akbarahmed.org
Image: Akbar Ahmed 2016.jpg

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date of birth: 1943-00-00

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