Mubarak Ali, (born 21 April 1941) is a Pakistani historian, activist and scholar. His main theme, in most of his books, has been that some history books written in Pakistan. He maintains that history books should be written from the perspective of masses, not of rulers.
Mubarak Ali was born in Tonk, Rajputana now called Rajasthan, British India on 21 April 1941. Mubarak Ali and his family migrated to Pakistan in 1952 and settled in Hyderabad, Sindh. Mubarak Ali received a M.A. degree in history with first class first position from Sindh University, Jamshoro in 1962. He was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of History at Sindh University Jamshoro in 1963. In 1972, he went to London, then Germany to pursue higher studies and in 1976, he attained a PhD degree (on the Mughal Period of India) at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. He later became head of the History Department at the University of Sindh. He was the Director of the Goethe Institute in Lahore until 1996. In 2005, he was the editor of the quarterly journal Tareekh (History).
Works:
He authored more then 100 books on different topics of history. He writes three articles for Deutsche Welle Urdu and for monthly two articles for Independent Urdu online.
Awards and recognition:
⦁ Faiz Ahmed Faiz Award- 1989
⦁ Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi Gold Medal Award by Sindh Graduate Association- 2002
⦁ Khwaja Ahmad Abbas International Award by Pakistan Academy of Letters – 2018
⦁ Communal Award giving by Dalai Lama- 2009
⦁ Life time Achievement Award giving by Sobho Gayanchandani 1 May 2014