Rank Nazeer Ahmed

Nazeer Ahmed
Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office
1978–1979
Preceded byAbdul Subhan
Succeeded byS.Shafi Ahmed
ConstituencyTumakuru
In office
1979–1983
Personal details
Born (1939-09-28) 28 September 1939
Tumkur, Mysore State, United India
(now in Karnataka, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress

Nazeer Ahmed (also known as Rank Nazeer) is an Indian Muslim scholar, politician, historian and translator and founder-author of the Encyclopedia of Islamic History. He is a former politician of Indian National Congress, a former Member of Legislative Assembly from Karnataka, and Member of Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Government of Karnataka.