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List of Muslim historians

List of Muslim historians

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The following is a list of Muslim historians writing in the Islamic historiographical tradition, which developed from hadith literature in the time of the first caliphs. This list is focused on pre-modern historians who wrote before the heavy European influence that occurred from the 19th century onward.

Chronological list

See also: Historiography of early Islam and List of biographies of Muhammad

Historians of the formative period

First era: 700–750 (Ibn Zubayr and al-Zuhri's histories no longer exist, but they are referenced in later works).

Second era: 750–800

Third era: 800–860

Fourth era: 860–900

Fifth era: 900–950

Historians of the classical period

Iraq and Iran

Egypt, Palestine and Syria

al-Andalus and the Maghreb

India

Further information: Muslim chronicles for Indian history

Early modern historians

Turkish: Ottoman Empire

Arabic: Ottoman Empire and Morocco

Persian: Safavid Empire and Mughal India

Historians of the modern period

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    (Robinson hasn't mentioned his name.)
  2. [2]
    Bianquis, "Al-Musabbihi", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004.
  3. [3]
    Antrim, Zayde G., "Abū Shāma Shihāb al-Dīn al-Maqdisī", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson. Consulted online on 23 April 2018, first published online: 2009, first print edition: 9789004178533, 2009
  4. [4]
    "Tursun Beg." Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004.

References

  • Robinson, Chase F. (2003), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-62936-5. XIV and XV ("Chase F. Robinson" in "Islamic Historiography" has mentioned the chronological list of Islamic historians.)
  • Babinger, Franz. Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen. Leipzig: O. Harrassowitz, 1927.
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004.
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