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- -
- Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As - - Al-Sahifah al-Sadiqah
- Urwah ibn Zubayr -
- Sa'id ibn Jubayr -
- Mujahid ibn Jabr -
- Aban bin Uthman bin Affan -
- Wahb ibn Munabbih -
- Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri -
The First Century - AH 50 to AH100 / CE 618–718
- Musa ibn ʿUqba -
- Hisham ibn Urwah -
- Muhammad ibn as-Sā'ib al-Kalbī -
- Awana ibn al-Hakam d.
- Ibn Ishaq - Sirah Rasul Allah
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- Abu Ma'shar al-Sindi al-Madani -
- Abi Mikhnaf d. Maqtal al-Husayn
- d.
- Ibn Lahi'a -
- Malik ibn Anas - - Founder of the Maliki Madhab
- Sayf ibn Umar -
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.- -
- Abu Ishaq al-Fazari d.
- d.
- Hisham ibn al-Kalbi -
- Al-Waqidi - Kitab al-Tarikh wa'l-Maghazi.
- Al-Haytham ibn 'Adi d.
- Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani -
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- Al-Asmaʿi -
- Ibn Hisham d.
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- Ibn Sa'd -
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- Wathima ibn Musa d.
- Khalifa ibn Khayyat -
- Ali ibn al-Madini -
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- Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi d.
- Al-Jahiz -
- Ibn Habib -
- Muhammad al-Bukhari - Sahih al-Bukhari, The Great History
- Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār -
- Ibn Abd al-Hakam - ''Futuh Misr wa'l-Maghrib wa akhbaruha''
The Third Century AH 200-300 / CE 815–913
- Omar ibn Shabba d.
- Ibn Majah -
- Abu Dawud -
- Ibn Qutaybah - Uyun al-akhbar, Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa
- Al-Baladhuri -
- Al-Dinawari - Akbar al-tiwal
- Ibrahim Al-Thaqafi d.
- al-Tirmidhi -
- Al-Fakihi -
- Umara ibn Wathima d.
- Aslam ibn Sahl ibn Aslam d.
- Ya'qubi d. or Tarikh al-Yaqubi
- Al-Nasa'i -
- Ibn Fadlan d. after
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari - History of the Prophets and Kings
- Ibn A'tham d. al-Futuh
- Ibn Wahshiyya d.
- Abu Ahmed Al-Jaloudi d.
- Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi -
- Sinan ibn Thabit d.
- Abū Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdānī -
- Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli d.
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- Ali al-Masudi - The Meadows of Gold
- Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi -
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- Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani -
The Fourth Century AH 300-400 / CE 913–1010
- d.
- Qadi al-Nu'man - d.
- Ibn al-Qūṭiyya d. Ta'rikh iftitah al-Andalus
- d.
- al-Saghani d. one of the earliest historians of science
- Al-Muqaddasi - - Aḥsan al-taqāsīm has a detailed description on his birthplace in Palestine and the Levant
- Ibn an-Nadīm -
- al-Daraqutni -
- Ibn Faradi -
- al-Musabbihi -, Akhbar Misr
- Ibn Miskawayh -
- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar al-Utbi d.
- al-Bīrūnī - Kitab fi Tahqiq ma li'l-Hind, The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries
- Hilal ibn al-Muhassin al-Sabi' -
- al-Khatib al-Baghdadi - Tarikh Baghdad
- Abolfazl Beyhaqi d. Tarikh-e Mas'oudi.
Historians by Region
Arabian Peninsula, Mesopotamia and Persia
- Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi
- Yaqut al-Hamawi author of Mu'jam al-Buldan
- Ibn al-Athir al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh
- Muhammad bin Ali Rawandi Rahat al-sudur,
- Zahiriddin Nasr Muhammad Aufi
- Sibt ibn al-Jawzi
- Hamdollah Mostowfi
- Ibn Bibi
- Ata-Malik Juvayni
- Ibn al-Tiqtaqa
- Ibn al-Fuwati
- Wassaf
- Rashid-al-Din Hamadani Jami al-Tawarikh
- Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi
- Mirkhond Rauzât-us-safâ
Egypt, Palestine and Syria
- Ẓāhir al-Dīn Nīshāpūrī around 1175
- Ibn al-Qalanisi
- Ibn Asakir
- Usamah ibn Munqidh
- Imad al-Din al-Isfahani
- Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi
- Baha al-Din ibn Shaddad al-Nawādir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Maḥāsin al-Yūsufiyya
- Sibt ibn al-Jawzi Mir'at al-zaman
- Ibn al-Adim
- Abu Shama full name Abū Shāma Shihāb al-Dīn al-Maqdisī
- Ibn Khallikan
- Ibn Abd al-Zahir
- Abu'l-Fida
- al-Nuwayri
- al-Mizzi
- al-Dhahabi Tarikh al-Islam al-kabir
- Ibn Kathir al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya
- Ibn al-Furat
- al-Maqrizi al-Suluk li-ma'firat duwwal al-muluk
- Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani
- al-Ayni
- Ibn Taghribirdi Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira
- al-Sakhawi
- al-Suyuti History of the Caliphs
- Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi
al-Andalus and the Maghreb
- Ibn Hazm
- Yusuf ibn abd al-Barr
- Ibn Hayyan
- al-Udri
- Abū 'Ubayd 'Abd Allāh al-Bakrī
- Qadi Iyad
- Mohammed al-Baydhaq
- Ibn Rushd
- Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi
- al-Qurtubi
- Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi
- Ibn Idhari
- Ibn Battuta )
- Ibn al-Khatib
- Ibn Abi Zar Rawd al-Qirtas
- Ismail ibn al-Ahmar
- Ibn Khaldun al-Muqaddimah and ''al-I'bar''
India
- Minhaj-i-Siraj
- Amir Khusro
- Ziauddin Barani
- Akbar Shah Khan Najibabadi
- Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman Medieval Indian medical historian
- Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib
Early modern historians
Turkish: Ottoman Empire
- Aşıkpaşazade
- Tursun Beg
- İdris-i Bitlisi
- Ibn Kemal
- Matrakçı Nasuh
- Hoca Sadeddin Efendi
- Mustafa Âlî
- Mustafa Selaniki
- Katip Çelebi
- İbrahim Peçevi
- Evliya Çelebi
- Mustafa Naima Ta'rīkh-i Na'īmā
- Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga
- Ahmed Resmî Efendi
- Ahmet Cevdet Pasha
Arabic: Ottoman Empire and Morocco
- Ibn Iyas
- Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari
- Mohammed al-Ifrani
- Mohammed al-Qadiri
- Khalil al-Muradi
- Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti Aja'ib al-athar fi'l-tarajim wa'l-akhbar
- Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri
Persian: Safavid Empire and Mughal India
- Muhammad Khwandamir
- Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak Akbarnama
- Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni
- Firishta
- Iskandar Beg Munshi
- Nizamuddin Ahmad
- Inayat Allah Kamboh
- Muhammad Saleh Kamboh
- Abul Fazl Mamuri
- Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi
Historians of the modern period
- Mohammad Iqbal
- Joel Hayward
- Tamim Ansary
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Zaynulla Rasulev
- Abdurauf Fitrat
- Farid Esack
- Leila Ahmed
- Aysha Hidayatullah
- Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
- Lila Abu-Lughod
- Rashid Khalidi
- Carole Hillenbrand
- Laleh Bakhtiar
- Ingrid Mattson