Winning Second Place in Malaysian Historical Essay Writing Competition 2013, Dr. Uqbah
Iqbal was the recipient of MyBrain 15 (MyPhD) Postgraduate Scholarship Program from
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and recipient of Research University Fellowship
Scheme, Graduate on Time Award and Outstanding Student Award from Faculty of Social
Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as well as the Youngest Ph.D. in
History Holder and the only Malaysian achieved a Ph.D. in History in conjunction with the
43rd Convocation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He was selected for Best Researcher
Award and Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1st International Research Awards on
Science, Health and Engineering 2019. He's authoring notable books/ebooks such as The
Historical Development of the Malay Nationalism Before Independence, The Historical
Development of the Malay Society Economic Nature During Pre-Colonial Era, The Historical
Development of British Investment in Malaya Before the Second World War, The Historical
Development of Foreign Investment in the Formation of the Malaysian Economy and Sejarah
Pemikiran Pandang Ke Timur: Kepentingan Jepun Dalam Pembangunan Sosio-Ekonomi
Malaysia (1906-1980). His articles have appeared in a wide range of international and
national journals such as TAWARIKH, SUSURGALUR, Management and Administrative
Sciences Review, Social and Basic Sciences Research Review, Jurnal Kemanusiaan, Jurnal
Sejarah, Jurnal Pengajian Melayu, Jebat, International Journal of Social Science and
Humanities Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Asian Social
Science and Geografia. He's also actively in the editorial board such as Asian Social Science,
International Journal of Art and Literature, International Journal of Archaeology and History,
American Journal of Social Sciences, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences,
Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, History Research and Pratidhwani the
Echo. Until present he has published in 71 books/ebooks, 414 journals, organizing 859
conferences worldwide and received 12,118 certificates from various organizations including
59 Certificates of Excellence in Reviewing. Already 31 times in Alison Graduation
Ceremony, he was the World Champion on Alison Leaderboard since 28 April 2025. In that
process he achieved 90 Gold Medals, 648 Learning Streak and completed 5,709 courses
including 572 Diplomas in the field of IT, Health, Language, Business, Management,
Personal Development, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Construction, Teaching and
Academics. He’s also completed 48 courses from Hillsdale College, completed 126 courses
for Malaysia's National Training Week 2025, completed 5,720 courses including 1 Diploma
on Udemy and taking edX courses in the field of History of China from 7 universities.
Through his involvement as a reviewer with the Nonfiction Authors Association, 29 of his
reviewed books received Awards.