MUHAMMAD RAZA TAIMOOR is currently serving as Professor of History in the Higher Education Department, Government of the Punjab, at Lahore. He has been teaching history at various colleges of Punjab since 2005. He did his PhD from University of the Punjab Lahore. His area of study is Islamic Polity through the ages. He has presented his research papers on Islamic Polity in Turkey and Holland. Scores of books and research publications are to his credit.