Muhammad Abdul Nayeem (1938 – 13 June 2022) was an Indian historian, known for his work on the history of the Deccan Sultanates and Hyderabad.
Early life and education Nayeem graduated from Osmania University and completed his master's from Aligarh Muslim University. He went on to obtain a PhD from Pune University.
Career In 1982, Nayeem moved to Saudi Arabia, where he worked at the King Saud University. He moved back to Hyderabad in 2000.
Personal life He was married to Fouzia Nayeem, who was a doctor.
list of works External Relations of the Bijapur Kingdom 1489- 1686 A.D., 1974 The Heritage of the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad (2006) The Heritage of the Bahmanis & the Baridis of the Deccan (1347-1538-1619 A.D) (2012) The Heritage of the Adil Shahis of Bijapur, 2008 Safavid Iran and the Deccan Sultanates, 2017 Farmans and Sanads of the Deccan Sultans 1408-1687 A.D., 1980 Mughal Documents: Catalogue of Aurangzeb’s Reign Part 1 and 2, 1980–81 Mughal Administration of Deccan under Nizamul Mulk Asaf Jah, 1720-48 A.D., 1985 The History of Gardens and Garden Culture in the Deccan (with Daud Ali, Omar Khalidi), 2007 History of Modern Deccan 1720-1948 Vol.1 Political and Administrative Aspects (with A.R.Kulkarni), 2000 History of Modern Deccan 1720-1948 Vol.2 Economic and Cultural Aspects, 2009 Studies in History of the Deccan Medieval and Modern: Professor A.R.Kulkarni Felicitation Volume (with Aniruddha Ray, K.S.Mathew), 2002 Studies in the Foreign Relations of India Ancient time to 1947: Prof. H.K.Sherwani Felicitation Volume (with P.M.Joshi), 1974 Medieval Deccan History: commemoration Volume in Honor of P.M.Joshi (with A.R.Kulkarni, T.R.deSouza) Temples of Andhra Pradesh: History, Art and Architecture (with Pidatala Sitapati), 2018 The Splendor of Hyderabad: The Last Phase of an Oriental Culture, 1591-1948 A.D., 2002 The Philatelic and Postal History of Hyderabad: History of Postal administration in Hyderabad, 1970 The Philatelic and Postal History of Hyderabad: Postal Markings, 1967 Evolution of Postal Communications and Administration in the Deccan, from 1294 A.D. to the Formation of Hyderabad State in 1724 A.D., 1968 Hyderabad philatelic History, 1980 Miniature Paintings of Nizam Ali Khan Asaf Jah II & Others, 2014 The Salar Jungs (with Dharmendra Prasad), 1986 Nawab Imadul Mulk, 1979 The Royal Palaces of the Nizams (2009) Mir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII Nizam of Hyderabad and his contributions, 2018 The Sultanate of Oman, 1990 Prehistory and Protohistory of the Arabian Peninsula: Qatar (1990) Prehistory and Proto history of the Arabian Peninsula: The United Arab Emirates, 1990 Prehistory and Protohistory of the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, 1990 Prehistory and Proto history of the Arabian Peninsula: Oman, 1990 The Rock Art of Arabia: Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, the Emirates and Yemen (2000) Origin of Ancient Writing in Arabia and New Scripts from Oman an Introduction to South Semitic Epigraphy and Paleography, 2001
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