List of Muslim historians

This is a subarticle of Islamic scholars, List of Muslim scholars and List of historians.

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

The 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

The historians of the classical period

Iraq and Iran

Egypt, Palestine and Syria

al-Andalus and the Maghreb

India and Pakistan

The early modern historians

Turkish: Ottoman Empire

Arabic: Ottoman Empire and Morocco

Persian: Safavid Empire and Mughal India

The historians of the modern period

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 (Robinson hasn't mentioned his name.)
  2. ↑ Bianquis, "Al-Musabbihi", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004.
  3. ↑ (1969): Livre des deux jardins ("The Book of Two Gardens"). See: Recueil des Historiens des Croisades
  4. ↑ "Tursun Beg." Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004.

References

See also

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