Khursheed Kamal Aziz

Khursheed Kamal Aziz (; 1927–2009) better known as K. K. Aziz, was a Pakistani historian, admired for his books written in the English language. However, he also wrote Urdu prose and was a staunch believer in the importance of the Persian language to enhance one's knowledge about the world. He was born in a town called Ballamabad, Chiniot District, Punjab, British India. He received his early education from M.B. High School in Batala, Punjab and then went to first Forman Christian College and finally to Government College Lahore for further studies where one of his professors was the famed Patras Bokhari. His wife, Zarina Aziz, said in an interview to a Pakistani newspaper, after his death, that he had been somewhat sick for about last 5 years but had continued to work for 10 hours daily to write and finish his books. He had written over 50 history books in his lifetime and used to say to her that his books were his children and would keep his name alive. Public Life in Muslim India (1850–1947) A Compendium of Basic Information on Political, Social, Religious, and Educational Organizations Active in Pre-Partition India. World Powers and the 1971 Breakup of Pakistan The Coffee House of Lahore: A Memoir (1942 – 57) A Journey into the Past: Portrait of a Punjabi Family (1800 - 1970) The Indian Khilafat Movement

Works on K. K. Aziz "Evaluation of Historical Works of K. K. Aziz with Special Focus on Muslim Nationalism in the Subcontinent" is the Ph.D. thesis work on K. K. Aziz by Jamil Ahmad Khan, Islamia University Bahawalpur, 2022. HEC (PCD) # 31874

"K.K. Aziz's Historiography: A Review on "The Making of Pakistan" in Perspective of Nationalist Muslims and Muslim Nationalism" is a published article in the journal Pakistan Social Sciences Review (PSSR) [https://doi.org/10.35484/pssr.2020(4-I)74

See also the work by Jamil Ahmad Khan

"Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali: A Political Biography (1930-1967)" is the M.Phil. thesis work on Mir Jaffar Khan Jamali in Islamia University Bahawalpur, Session 2012-2015 by Jamil Ahmad Khan. [https://docslib.org/doc/6631943/mir-jaffar-khan-jamali-a-political-biography-1930-196