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Faisal Devji

professor of Indian history and fellow of St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford
Person Human Q5431051

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1964
Place of birth
Dar es Salaam
Country of citizenship
Canada[7]
Occupation
author, historian, journalist, writer
Employer
The New School, St Antony's College[8]
Educated at
University of British Columbia, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago[9][10][11]
Given name
Faisal[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Faisal Devji ar فيصل ديفجي
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000117296213
VIAF cluster ID
24440085
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr00026967
GND ID
1069606162
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Amazon Standard Identification Number
0674066723
Amazon author ID
B001JRTJCI
CANTIC ID
981058523301706706
Freebase ID
/m/0dmb35
Goodreads author ID
341199
IdRef ID
099500175
IxTheo authority ID
822083728
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J9U entity ID
987007302220605171
Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
82915-2
Muck Rack journalist ID
faisal-devji
NUKAT ID
n2006146964
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4711157
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
290849489
Parsifal cluster ID
615904
SHARE Catalogue author ID
628772
UOM ID
93530
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058523301706706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1210551
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgMwT3t6wjJj8gy6FbfMP
Yale LUX ID
person/e5815512-728f-4ebe-bcd7-75e4c823173f

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
writer, journalist, historian, author
Educated at 3
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of British Columbia
Employer 2
The New School, St Antony's College
Country of citizenship 1
Canada
Instance of 1
human
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Faisal Devji was born on 1964[1] in Dar es Salaam[2]. He has worked as an author[3], historian[4], journalist[5], and writer[6].

FAQs

Where was Faisal Devji born?

Faisal Devji was born in Dar es Salaam[2].

What did Faisal Devji do for work?

Faisal Devji worked as an author[3], historian[4], journalist[5], and writer[6].

Where did Faisal Devji go to school?

Faisal Devji was educated at University of British Columbia[9], University of California, Berkeley[10], and University of Chicago[11].

Related Entities

Canada University of British Columbia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . history.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved . history.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . amazon.co.uk. Retrieved . amazon.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . history.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved . history.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Muck Rack. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . amazon.co.uk. Retrieved . amazon.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . history.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved . history.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . NUKAT. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Dar es Salaam
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65725: Import places from GND"
  2. 8w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IxTheo authority ID → 822083728
    "Created claim: IxTheo authority ID: 822083728, batch #273255"
  3. 13w ago · Printstream · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 1069606162
    "Created claim: GND ID: 1069606162, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786220591756"
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