İngiltərədə anadan olan Əlqar sonradan sünni islamı qəbul etmiş, lakin ardınca şiə islamı seçmişdir. O, həmçinin müasir siyasi şiə ilahiyyatçıları tərəfindən yazılmış kitabları, məsələn, Ruhullah Xomeyninin "Vilayəti-Fəqih" kitabı və Əli Şəriəti, Mürtəza Mütəhhəri və Mahmud Taleqani tərəfindən yazılmış kitabları tərcümə etmişdir.[8]Xomeyniçiliyi həvəslə təbliğ etdiyinə və Ayətullah Xomeyniyə olan heyranlığına görə "National Review" onu "Xomeyninin sevimli amerikanı" adlandırmışdır.[9]
Religion and State in Iran: 1785–1906 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969)
Mirza Malkum Khan: A Biographical Study in Iranian Modernism (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973)
translator from the Persian with introduction and annotations to The Path of God's Bondsmen from Origin to Return by Najm al-Din Razi, known as Daya (Delmar, NY: Caravan Books, 1982)
11- translator and annotator, Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini (Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1981)
↑Caschetta, A.J. "'Happy Birthday, Hamid Algar' — Khomeini's Favorite American Turns 80". National Review. 6 June 2020. 7 February 2021 tarixində arxivləşdirilib. Far more important to Algar’s legacy is the attention he brought to Iran’s most virulent anti-American, anti-Western thinkers, especially his beloved “Imam” Khomeini. In 1981, with Islam and Revolution, Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini, he brought to the world its first extensive collection of Khomeini’s writing translated into English. In addition to selecting, translating, and commenting on the writings, Algar in the brief introduction praised Khomeini for his “unique set of characteristics: spirituality and erudition, asceticism and self-discipline, sobriety and determination, political genius and leadership, compassion for the poor and deprived, and a relentless hatred of oppression and imperialism.” On the back cover, Algar put a photograph of himself kneeling next to a seated Khomeini. It was dated December 23, 1979 (day 50 of the 444-day ordeal for 52 Americans working in the U.S. embassy during Algar’s wonderful revolution)
↑Johnson, Chip. "Free Speech Shows Bad Judgment / Professor's ugly remarks should not be tolerated". San Francisco Chronicle. February 27, 1999. səh. A21.
↑"Armenian Students Win Historic Vote on Berkeley Campus". Armenian Reporter. Paramus, New Jersey. 32 (25): 22. March 20, 1999. ISSN1074-1453.