Mansura Haidar

Mansura Haidar is a prominent Indian historian specializing in the history of Central Asia and Indo-Central Asian relations. She has authored several works, including 'Central Asia in the Sixteenth Century' (2002), which covers the history of the region now known as Uzbekistan, and studies on figures like Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat. Her research draws on Persian sources to explore medieval Central Asian politics, Sufism, and feudal orders.