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
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
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
- ^ a b (Robinson hasn't mentioned his name.)
- ^ Bianquis, "Al-Musabbihi", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004.
- ^ Antrim, Zayde G. "Abū Shāma Shihāb al-Dīn al-Maqdisī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_22839. ISSN 1873-9830. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "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.