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
[edit]Historians of the formative period
[edit]First era: AH 60-132 / CE 680–750 (some works are no longer extant, but they are cited verbatim in later works).
- Urwah ibn Zubayr AH 23 (643/644) - AH 94 (712/713)
- Aban bin Uthman bin Affan AH 20 (640/641) - AH 105 (723/724)
- Wahb ibn Munabbih AH 34 (654/655) - AH 114 (732/733)
- Ubayd bin Sharia AH 67 (686/687)
Second era: AH 132-184 / CE 750–800
- Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri AH 49 (669/670) - AH 124 (741/742)
- Musa ibn ʿUqba AH 55 (674/675) - AH 141 (758/759)
- Muhammad ibn as-Sā'ib al-Kalbī AH 55 (674/675) - AH 146 (763/764)
- Awana ibn al-Hakam d. AH 147 (764/765)
- Ibn Ishaq AH 80 (699/700) - AH 151 (768/769) Sirah Rasul Allah (The Life of the Apostle of God)
- Abu Ma'shar al-Sindi al-Madani AH 80 (699/700) - AH 170 (786/787)
- Isa ibn Yazid ibn Da'b al-Laythi d. AH 171 (787/788)
- Abi Mikhnaf d. AH 170 (786/787) Maqtal al-Husayn
- Ibn Lahi'a AH 96 (714/715) - AH 174 (790/791)
- Sayf ibn Umar AH 90 (708/709) - AH 180 (796/797)
Third era: AH 184-245 / CE 800–860
- Abu Ishaq al-Fazari d. AH 188 (803/804)
- Muhammad ibn Hassan ibn Zabala AH 199 (814/815)
- Hisham ibn al-Kalbi AH 110 (728/729) - AH 204 (819/820)
- Al-Waqidi AH 130 (747/748) - AH 207 (822/823) Kitab al-Tarikh wa'l-Maghazi (Book of History and Battles).
- Nasr ibn Muzahim AH 130 (747/748) - AH 212 (827/828)
- Ibn Hisham d. AH 218 (833/834)
- Ibn Bakkar AH 129 (746/747) - AH 222 (836/837)
- Ibn Sa'd AH 168 (784/785) - AH 230 (844/845)
- Muhammad bin Aa'idh Al-Qurayshi AH 150 (767/768) - AH 233 (847/848)
- Muṣʻab ibn ʻAbd Allāh Zubayrī AH 156 (772/773) - AH 236 (850/851)
- Wathima ibn Musa d. AH 237 (851/852)
- Khalifa ibn Khayyat AH 160 (776/777) - AH 240 (854/855)
Fourth era: AH 245-287 / CE 860–900
- Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi d. AH 245 (859/860)
- Ibn Abd al-Hakam AH 187 (802/803) - AH 257 (870/871) Futuh Misr wa'l-Maghrib wa akhbaruha
- Ibn Qutaybah AH 213 (828/829) - AH 276 (889/890) Uyun al-akhbar, Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa[1]
- Al-Baladhuri AH 204 (819/820) - AH 279 (892/893)
- Al-Dinawari AH 212 (827/828) - AH 282 (895/896) Akbar al-tiwal
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari AH 224 (838/839) - AH 310 (922/923) History of the Prophets and Kings
- Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi d. AH 245 (859/860)
- Al-Azraqi d. AH 250 (864/865)
- Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar AH 172 (788/789) - AH 256 (869/870)
- Al-Fakihi AH 215 (830/831) - AH 279 (892/893)
Fifth era: AH 287-338 / CE 900–950
- Umara ibn Wathima d. AH 289 (901/902)
- Ya'qubi d. AH 284 (897/898) or AH 298 (910/911) Tarikh al-Yaqubi
- Ibn Fadlan d. after AH 309 (921/922)
- Ibn A'tham d. AH 314 (926/927) al-Futuh
- Ibn Wahshiyya d. AH 318 (930/931)
- Abū Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdānī AH 280 (893/894) - AH 336 (947/948)
Historians of the classical period
[edit]Iraq and Iran
[edit]- Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli d. AH 336 (947/948)
- Ali al-Masudi (d. 955 CE) The Meadows of Gold
- Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi AH 283 (896/897) - AH 350 (961/962)
- Sinan ibn Thabit (d. 976)
- al-Saghani (d. 990) one of the earliest historians of science
- Ibn Miskawayh (d. 1030)
- al-Utbi (d. 1036)
- Hilal ibn al-Muhassin al-Sabi' (d. 1056)
- al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 1071) Tarikh Baghdad (a biographical dictionary of major Baghdadi figures)
- Abolfazl Beyhaqi (995–1077) Tarikh-e Mas'oudi (also known as Tarikh-e Beyhaqi).[1]
- Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1201)
- Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229) author of Mu'jam al-Buldan ("The Dictionary of Countries")
- Ibn al-Athir (1160–1231) al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh
- Muhammad bin Ali Rawandi (c.1204) Rahat al-sudur, (a history of the Great Seljuq Empire and its break-up into minor beys)
- Zahiriddin Nasr Muhammad Aufi (d. 1242)
- Sibt ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1256)
- Hamdollah Mostowfi (d. 1281)
- Ibn Bibi (d. after 1281)
- Ata-Malik Juvayni (1283)
- Ibn al-Tiqtaqa (d. after 1302)
- Ibn al-Fuwati (d. 1323)
- Wassaf (d. 1323)
- Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (d. 1398) Jami al-Tawarikh
- Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi (d. 1454)
- Mirkhond (d. 1498) Rauzât-us-safâ
Egypt, Palestine and Syria
[edit]- Al-Muqaddasi (d.1000)
- Ẓāhir al-Dīn Nīshāpūrī around 1175
- al-Musabbihi (d. 1030), Akhbar Misr[2]
- Ibn al-Qalanisi (d. 1160)
- Ibn Asakir (d. 1176)
- Usamah ibn Munqidh (d. 1188)
- Imad al-Din al-Isfahani (d. 1201)
- Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (d. 1231)
- Baha al-Din ibn Shaddad (d. 1235) al-Nawādir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Maḥāsin al-Yūsufiyya (The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin)
- Sibt ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1256) Mir'at al-zaman (Mirror of the Time)
- Ibn al-Adim (d. 1262)
- Abu Shama (AH 599–665/CE 1203–68) full name Abū Shāma Shihāb al-Dīn al-Maqdisī[3]
- Ibn Khallikan (d. 1282)
- Ibn Abd al-Zahir (d. 1293)
- Abu'l-Fida (d. 1331)
- al-Nuwayri (d. 1332)
- al-Mizzi (d. 1341)
- al-Dhahabi (d. 1348) Tarikh al-Islam al-kabir
- Ibn Kathir (d. 1373) al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya (The Beginning and the End)
- Ibn al-Furat (d. 1405)
- al-Maqrizi (d. 1442) al-Suluk li-ma'firat duwwal al-muluk (Mamluk history of Egypt)
- Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani (d. 1449)
- al-Ayni (d. 1451)
- Ibn Taghribirdi (d. 1470) Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira (History of Egypt)
- al-Sakhawi (d. 1497)
- al-Suyuti (d. 1505) History of the Caliphs
- Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi (d.1522)
al-Andalus and the Maghreb
[edit]- Qadi al-Nu'man (d. 974)
- Ibn al-Qūṭiyya (d. 977) Ta'rikh iftitah al-Andalus
- Ibn Faradi (d. 1012)
- Ibn Hazm (d. 1063)
- Yusuf ibn abd al-Barr (d. 1071)
- Ibn Hayyan (d. 1075)
- al-Udri (d. 1085)
- Abū 'Ubayd 'Abd Allāh al-Bakrī (d. 1094)
- Qadi Iyad (d. 1149)
- Mohammed al-Baydhaq (d. 1164)
- Ibn Rushd (d. 1198)
- Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi
- al-Qurtubi (d. 1273)
- Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (d. 1298)
- Ibn Idhari (d. 1312)
- Ibn Battuta (d. 1369))
- Ibn al-Khatib (d. 1374)
- Ibn Abi Zar (d. ca. 1320) Rawd al-Qirtas
- Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (d. 1406)
- Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406) al-Muqaddimah and al-I'bar
India
[edit]- al-Bīrūnī (d. 1048) Kitab fi Tahqiq ma li'l-Hind (Researches on India), The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries
- Minhaj-i-Siraj (d. after 1260)
- Amir Khusro (d. 1325)
- Ziauddin Barani (d. 1357)
- Akbar Shah Khan Najibabadi (1875–1938)
- Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman Medieval Indian medical historian
- Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri (24 November 1885 – 22 October 1953)
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (15 January 1948)
Early modern historians
[edit]Turkish: Ottoman Empire
[edit]- Aşıkpaşazade (d. 1481)
- Tursun Beg (d. after 1488)[4]
- İdris-i Bitlisi (d. 1520)
- Ibn Kemal (d. 1534)
- Matrakçı Nasuh (d. 1564)
- Hoca Sadeddin Efendi (d. 1599)
- Mustafa Âlî (d. 1600)
- Mustafa Selaniki (d. 1600)
- Katip Çelebi (d. 1647)
- İbrahim Peçevi (d. 1650)
- Evliya Çelebi (d. after 1682)
- Mustafa Naima (1655–1716) Ta'rīkh-i Na'īmā
- Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga (d. 1723)
- Ahmed Resmî Efendi (d. 1783)
- Ahmet Cevdet Pasha (d. 1895)
Arabic: Ottoman Empire and Morocco
[edit]- Ibn Iyas (d. after November 1522)
- Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (d. 1632)
- Mohammed al-Ifrani (d. 1747)
- Mohammed al-Qadiri (d. 1773)
- Khalil al-Muradi (d. 1791)
- Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (d. 1825) Aja'ib al-athar fi'l-tarajim wa'l-akhbar
- Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri (d. 1897)
Persian: Safavid Empire and Mughal India
[edit]- Muhammad Khwandamir (d. 1534)
- Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (d. 1602) Akbarnama
- Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (d. 1615)
- Firishta (d. 1620)
- Iskandar Beg Munshi (d. 1632)
- Nizamuddin Ahmad (d. 1621)
- Inayat Allah Kamboh (d. 1671)
- Muhammad Saleh Kamboh (d. c. 1675)
- Abul Fazl Mamuri (c. 1700)
- Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi (d. c. 1760)
Historians of the modern period
[edit]- Mohammad Iqbal (b. 1877)
- Joel Hayward (b. 1964)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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.