Muhammad Mojlum Khan (born 6 December 1973) is a British historian, writer, and literary critic.
Early life
Muhammad Mojlum Khan was born on 6 December 1973 in the Habiganj subdistrict of Sylhet District, Bangladesh. His father, Muhammad Yawar Khan (1932–1988), was a direct descendant of Inayetullah Khan, a 17th-century Mughal faujdar of Sylhet.
Khan was raised in Burnley, United Kingdom, where he attended primary and secondary school. Following the death of his father in 1988, he focused on education and religious studies. In the early 1990s, he began formal study in Islamic studies and the social sciences. He later graduated with a BA (Hons) in Business and Social Policy from the University of East Anglia, and, in 2011, completed a Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), qualifying as a teacher. He also undertook two years of PhD-level training in research methodology and techniques.
Career Khan is a British writer, literary critic, and research scholar, known for his contributions to Islamic thought, history, and comparative religion. Since the early 1990s, he has published over 200 essays, articles, and reviews in international journals and periodicals. His work has appeared in The Muslim News (UK), Milli Gazette (India), The Tri-State Muslim (USA), PIPFA Quarterly Journal (Pakistan), Islamic Research Journal (Bangladesh), and the Journal of the Muslim World League (Saudi Arabia), among others.
Khan is the author of several non-fiction books, including: The Muslim 100: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of the Most Influential Muslims in History (2008; reprinted 2010, 2021) The Muslim Heritage of Bengal (2013) Great Muslims of the West: Makers of Western Islam (2017)
He has also worked as a book reviewer for The Muslim News (London) for over two decades and was a contributor to BBC local radio for more than ten years.
In addition to his writing and broadcasting, Khan has delivered lectures at institutions including the East London Mosque, King's College London, and the University of Oxford. He is the founding director of the Bengal Muslim Research Institute UK, a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and has served as chair of the Ipswich and Suffolk Muslim Council as well as founding the BSC Multicultural Services.
In 2016, Khan was interviewed by The Islam Channel (London) for a documentary on The Muslim Heritage of Bangladesh.
Awards and honours Khan is the recipient of one international and two national prizes for his essays on Islam. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, recognising his contributions to Islamic and South Asian studies. He is also a member of the Royal Historical Society and serves as the founding director of the Bengal Muslim Research Institute UK.
Personal life Khan is married to childminder Fahmida Khan. He lives in Ipswich, Suffolk with his family. In 1988, his father, Muhammad Pathan Yawar Khan, died. He also has two children, Muhtadi Khan (born 2001) and Mustafa Khan (born 2003).
Books Year Title Publisher ISBN 2008 The Muslim 100: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of the Most Influential Muslims in History Kube Publishing Ltd 2013 The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal 2017Great Muslims of the West: Makers of Western Islam9781847741127
See also British Bangladeshis List of British Bangladeshis
References
External links The Muslim 100: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of the Most Influential Muslims in History on Google Books The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal