List of Muslim 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.

Chronological list

Historians of the Formative Period

The First Century BH 50 to AH 50 / CE 570–618

The Companions of the Prophet and the early Tabi'in who left written works

The First Century - AH 50 to AH100 / CE 618–718

Latter Tabi'in and early Tabi' al-Tabi'in

Historians of the Classical Period

The Second Century AH 100-200 / CE 718–815

Latter Tabi' al-Tabi'in Historians - Era contemporaneous with Umayyad decline and Abbasid Rise.

The Third Century AH 200-300 / CE 815–913

The Fourth Century AH 300-400 / CE 913–1010

Arabian Peninsula, Mesopotamia and Persia

Early modern historians

Turkish: Ottoman Empire

Arabic: Ottoman Empire and Morocco

Persian: Safavid Empire and Mughal India

Historians of the modern period