"Professor Mohammad Mujeeb was born in 1902 in Lucknow. His father Mohammad Naseem, was a successful lawyer and was counted among the prominent progressive Muslims. After getting his Senior Cambridge Certificate from a convent school in Dehradun, he was sent to Oxford where he graduated in History.

In Germany, where he spent four years learning printing, Russian and music, he came in contact with Dr. Zakir Hussain and decided to collaborate with him in establishing the Jamia Millia Islamia. He worked for this University from 1926 to 1973, the last twenty-five years as its Vice-Chancellor. He died of heart failure in Delhi in January 1985.

His works in Urdu include History of the Indian Civilization- the Ancient Period; History of Political Thoughts, Russian Literature; The Story of the World and several dramas and short stories. In English his major works are: World History-Our Heritage; Ghalib; Dr. Zakir Hussain- a Biography and two collections of his speeches: Education and Traditional Values and Islamic Influence on Indian Society, The Indian Muslims.

During the Independence movement and afterwards, he remained associated with Congress leaders. He was sent to Liberia, China, Russia, Yugoslavia and Turkey in different capacities and was a delegate to UN(1949) and UNESCO(1954). The government awarded him Padma Bhushan in 1965."

-- from the flap of his book "The Indian Muslims" published by Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2003. Photo from Jamia website.