List of Islamic historians
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- This is a subartlice of Islamic scholars and List of Muslim scholars
A list of Islamic Historians include:
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[edit] Chronological list
"Chase F. Robinson" in "Islamic Historiography" has mentioned the chronological list of Islamic historians.
[edit] The historians of the formative period
First class: 700-750
- Urwah ibn Zubayr (died in 712 CE)
- Al-Zuhri (died in 742 CE)
Second class: 750-800
- Ibn Ishaq(d. 761) - Known for Sirat Rasul Allah or The Life of the Apostle of God
- Abi Mikhnaf (d. 157 AH - 774 CE) - Known for Maqtal Al-Husayn
- Sayf ibn Umar (d. 796)
Third class: 800-860
- Al-Haysam ibn Adi (d. 882)
- Al-Waqidi (d. 207 A.H. /823CE) - Noted for Kitab Al Tarikh wa Al Maghazi (Book of History and Battles).
- Al-Madaini (d. 830-850)
- Ibn Hisham (d. 835)
- Ibn Sa'd (d. 845)
- Khalifa ibn Khayyat (d. 854)
Fourth class: 860-900
- Umar ibn Shabba (d. 878)
- Dinwari (d. 891) - - Known for Akbar Altewal
- Baladhuri (d. 892)
Fifth class: 900-950
- Ya'qubi (d. 900) - He wrote Tarikh al-Yaqubi
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari(838CE - 923CE) - He wrote a history work on Prophets and Kings titled تاريخ الرسل والملوك.
- Ibn A'tham (d. 314/926-27) - He wrote Alfutuh (Robinson hasn't mentioned his name.)
[edit] The historians of the classical perid
[edit] Iraq and Iran
- Mas'udi (d. 955)
- Sabit ibn Sinan Al-Sabi (d. 976)
- Ibn Miskawayh (d. 1030)
- Al-Utbi (d. 1036)
- Hilal ibn Al-Muhassin Al-Sabi (d. 1055)
- Al-Khatib Al-Baqdadi (d. 1071)
- Beyhaqi (995-1077) He wrpte Tarikh-e Mas'oudi ("Masoudian History", also known as "Tarikh-e Beyhaghi").
(Robinson hasn't mentioned his name.)
- Abu Ishaq Al-Shirazi (d. 1083)
- Ibn Al-Imrani (d. 1184)
- Abu-al-Faraj ibn Al-Jawzi (d. 1201)
- Ibn Al-Sa'i (d. 1276)
- Ibn Al-Fuwati (d. 1323)
[edit] Andalus, Maghreb ,Egypt and Syria
- Al-Musabbihi (d. 1030)
- Ibn Hazm (d. 1063)
- Ibn Abd Al-Barr (d. 1071)
- Al-Qadi Iyad (d.1149)
- Ibn Al-Qalanisi (d. 1160)
- Ibn Asaqir (d. 1176)
- Imad Al-Din Al-Isfahani (d. 1201)
- Ali ibn al-Athir(1160 - 1231) - He wrote Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh
- Baha Al-Din ibn Shaddad (d. 1235)
- Al-Kalabi (d.1237)
- Sibt ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1256)
- Ibn Al-Adim (d. 1262)
- Abu Shama (d. 1267)
- Ibn Khallikan (d. 1282)
- Ibn Abd Al-Zahir (d. 1292)
- Baybars Al-Mansuri (d. 1325)
- Abu Al-Fida (d. 1331)
- Al-Nuwayri (d. 1332)
- Al-Mizzi (d. 1341)
- Al-Dhahabi (d. 1348)
- Ibn Al-dawadari
- Al-Safadi (d. 1363)
- Ibn Kathir (d. 1373)
- Ibn Al-Furat (d. 1405)
- Ibn Khaldun (May 27, 1332/A.H. 732 to March 19, 1406/A.H. 808) - He wrote Muqaddimah and Al-Ebar
- Al-Maqrizi (d. 1442)
- Ibn Hajr Al-Asqalani (d. 1449)
- Al-Ayni (d. 1451)
- Al-Saqhawi (d. 1497)
- Al-Suyuti (d. 1505)
[edit] Non-Muslim
- Wilferd Madelung-He wrote The Succession to Muhammad and also did work on Ismailism.[1]
[edit] Reference
- Robinson, Chase F. (2003), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521629365 : XIV and XV
