| Sayed Muzaffar Hussain Burney | |
| Birth Date: | 1924 8, df=y |
| Office: | Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia |
| Term Start: | 1990 |
| Term End: | 1995 |
| 1Blankname: | Vice-Chancellor |
| 1Namedata: | Syed Zahoor Qasim Bashiruddin Ahmad |
| Predecessor: | Khurshed Alam Khan |
| Successor: | Khurshed Alam Khan |
| Office1: | Governor of Haryana |
| Term Start1: | 14 June 1984 |
| Term End1: | 21 February 1988 |
| Appointer1: | Zail Singh |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Bhajan Lal Bishnoi |
| Predecessor1: | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase |
| Successor1: | Hari Anand Barari |
| Office2: | Governor of Himachal Pradesh |
| Status2: | Additional charge |
| Term Start2: | 2 December 1987 |
| Term End2: | 10 January 1988 |
| Appointer2: | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Virbhadra Singh |
| Predecessor2: | Rustom K. S. Ghandhi |
| Successor2: | Rustom K. S. Ghandhi |
| Office3: | Governor of Nagaland |
| Term Start3: | 10 August 1981 |
| Term End3: | 12 June 1984 |
| Appointer3: | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Ministers |
| 1Namedata3: | John Bosco Jasokie S. C. Jamir |
| Predecessor3: | Lallan Prasad Singh |
| Successor3: | K. V. Krishna Rao |
| Office4: | Governor of Tripura |
| Term Start4: | 14 August 1981 |
| Term End4: | 13 June 1984 |
| Appointer4: | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata4: | Nripen Chakraborty |
| Predecessor4: | Lallan Prasad Singh |
| Successor4: | K. V. Krishna Rao |
| Office5: | Governor of Manipur |
| Term Start5: | 18 August 1981 |
| Term End5: | 11 June 1984 |
| Appointer5: | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 1Blankname5: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata5: | Rishang Keishing |
| Predecessor5: | Lallan Prasad Singh |
| Successor5: | K. V. Krishna Rao |
| Office6: | Union Home Secretary |
| Term Start6: | 29 February 1980 |
| Term End6: | 12 August 1981 |
| Predecessor6: | T. C. A. Srinivasavaradan |
| Successor6: | T. N. Chaturvedi |
Sayed Muzaffar Hussain Burney (14 August 1924 – 7 February 2014)[1] was a civil servant, governor of the states of Tripura, Nagaland, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and a chairman of the National Minorities Commission.
Burney was an alumnus of the Bareilly College in Uttar Pradesh.[2] He was an officer of the Indian Administrative Service of the Orissa cadre where he went on to become the chief secretary of the state.[3] He served as Home Secretary to the Government of India from February 1980 to August 1981. Between 1981 and 1984, he served as the governor of Nagaland, Tripura and Manipur and from 1987 to 1988, as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.[4] [5] He was also a member and later chairman of the Fourth and Fifth Minority Commissions from 1988 to 1992[6] and was the chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi from 1990 to 1995.[7]
Burney authored the work Iqbal: Poet – Patriot of India.[8] [9]