[1] Jabir Husain was born on 5 June 1945 in Nonhi Village, Rajgir[2] in a well-to-do Shia Muslim[3] family.
In 1977 on Janta Party ticket, Prof Husain fought the Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Munger constituency.
From October, 1990 to March, 1995 Prof Husain served as Chairman of the Bihar State Minority Commission.
[4] Prof. Jabir Husain was elected to the Rajya Sabha on 29 March 2006 and subsequently, he relinquished the post of chairman, Bihar Vidhan Parishad on 15 April 2006.
[7] Sahitya Akademi Puraskar for "Ret par Khema" in Urdu language category in 2005.