Maimul Ahsan Khan (born 1954) is a professor of law currently teaching jurisprudence and international institutional law at the University of Dhaka.He is specialized in jurisprudence, Islamic law, Islam and Muslim culture, political science, human rights, Middle Eastern, South Asian and Oriental studies. He earned his PhD from Tashkent State University in 1985.He was awarded IIE-SRF fellowship for his academic contribution by the Institute of International Education (IIE).In 2012, the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund featured him as one of the persecuted academics in the world.