Ali's interests range widely over the history South Asia as a whole, covering themes such as courtly protocol, gardens, gastronomy, war and violence. His analysis of feudalism and the historiography of the medieval, in particular his critique of B. D. Chattopadhyaya, have been particularly influential.[4]
^Daud Ali, "The Idea of the Medieval in the Writing of Indian History: Contexts, Methods, Politics," Social History 39, no. 3 (2014): 382-407; see Kennet, Derek, Hawkes, Jason and Willis, Michael. "Chapter 15 Paithan Excavation: Historical, Archaeological, Geographical and Epigraphical Contexts," Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra: Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India, (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2020), p. 325. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110653540-015.