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.
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"Chase F. Robinson" in "Islamic Historiography" has mentioned the chronological list of Islamic historians.
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