63 results for “historian”
...lluminated the distant palaces of Busra in Syria. Classical historians record that fourteen pillars of the Persian emperor's pala...
...ah, this boy will be destined for great things." The seerah historians preserved this detail because it represents Abd al-Muttali...
...a carefully selected circle of people — a period the seerah historians call the secret dawah (al-da'wa al-sirriyya). The divine c...
The Battle of Nihawand, called by Muslim historians 'the Victory of Victories' (Fath al-Futuh), was the final ...
...he legitimacy of Umayyad rule. The period is referred to by historians as the Second Fitna to distinguish it from the First Fitna...
...ement, known as the 'Am al-Jama'ah (Year of Unity) by Sunni historians, effectively ended the First Fitna and inaugurated the Uma...
...shrine housing the sacred rock. Politically, some classical historians noted that Abd al-Malik may have intended the monument to ...
...tolia for another seven centuries and is considered by some historians as among the most consequential military outcomes of the m...
...ng departure from Umayyad norms and is remembered by Muslim historians as a brief but luminous revival of the spirit of the Right...
...t that saved Christian Europe from Islamic conquest. Modern historians offer a more nuanced view: the battle was a significant se...
...ations that had been promoted under his predecessors. Sunni historians regard al-Mutawakkil's reversal as a great mercy from Alla...
...estern historiography as having 'saved Christendom,' though historians debate the extent of what was intended — whether a conques...
...lennium, shifting the centre of power and marking, for many historians, the transition from medieval to early modern history.
...ough its historical significance has been debated by modern historians.
...bu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, the great polymath, historian, and Quran commentator, died in Baghdad. His Tafsir al-Taba...
Ibn Asakir, the great historian of Damascus, died. His monumental Tarikh Dimashq runs to 80...
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi, one of the greatest Muslim historians and hadith scholars, died in Damascus. His Siyar A'lam al-...
...ma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir, the renowned Shafi'i scholar and historian, died in Damascus. His Tafsir Ibn Kathir is the most widely...
One of the seven fuqaha of Medina and a pioneer of seerah, nephew of Aisha.
One of the seven great jurists of Madinah and a pioneer of Islamic historiography. The son of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abi Bakr, Urwah transmitted exte
Author of the earliest biography of Prophet Muhammad, preserved through Ibn Hisham editing.
Author of at-Tabaqat al-Kubra, the first major biographical dictionary of the Prophet companions and successors.
Editor of Ibn Ishaq seerah, producing as-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah, the standard biography of the Prophet.
Author of the monumental Tafsir at-Tabari and Tarikh at-Tabari, the most comprehensive classical tafsir.
Author of the monumental Tafsir at-Tabari and Tarikh at-Tabari (History of Prophets and Kings). His tafsir is the most comprehensive classical commentary on the
Author of Hilyat al-Awliya, a monumental biographical encyclopedia of pious Muslims from the Companions to the early Sufis. Also compiled Dala'il an-Nubuwwah on
Author of Tarikh Baghdad and pioneering works on hadith methodology.
A prolific Hanbali scholar and preacher of Baghdad, author of over 700 works.
Author of al-Kamil fi at-Tarikh, one of the most important histories of the Islamic world.
The foremost historian of Islam and hadith critic, author of Siyar Alam an-Nubala ...
Author of Tafsir Ibn Kathir and al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, among the most widely used references.
Shafii scholar and author of Tabaqat ash-Shafiiyyah al-Kubra, the largest biographical dictionary of Shafii scholars.
Pioneer of historiography and sociology, author of the Muqaddimah on philosophy of history.
The foremost student of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani. Author of ad-Daw al-Lami, a biographical dictionary of 15th-century figures, and Fath al-Mughith on hadith method
Brother of Uthman dan Fodio, a major West African scholar, poet, and military commander of the Sokoto Caliphate.
Shafi'i historian and scholar of Damascus, teacher of an-Nawawi, author of 'a...
Damascene scholar and author of 'Subul al-Huda war-Rashad,' one of the most comprehensive books on the Prophetic biography (sirah).
Historian and hadith scholar of Jurjan, author of 'Tarikh Jurjan,' a ...
Mufti of the Shafi'i school in Mecca and historian, author of works on Prophetic biography and the history of ...
Indian Islamic scholar and author of 'Madha Khasira al-Alam bi Inhitat al-Muslimin' (What the World Lost by the Decline of Muslims), a seminal work on Islamic c
Hanbali scholar and author of 'Shadharat adh-Dhahab,' a major biographical history organized chronologically by year of death.
Indian scholar and author of 'Nuzhat al-Khawatir,' an eight-volume biographical dictionary of Islamic scholars in the Indian subcontinent.
Egyptian scholar and historian, author of popular works on Islamic history, jurisprudence,...
A Tabieen scholar of Yemen known for his extensive knowledge of the People of the Book (Jewish and Christian scriptures) and Isra'iliyyat (biblical stories). He
...Poitiers) by Charles Martel, a battle considered by Western historians as one of the most decisive in stopping Muslim expansion i...
The greatest hadith critic and historian of the 8th century AH (673-748 AH), student of Ibn Taymiyya...
The greatest Islamic geographer. His Mu'jam al-Buldan (Dictionary of Countries) is the most comprehensive geographical encyclopedia of the medieval Islamic worl
One of the earliest and most important Islamic historians. His Kitab al-Maghazi is the earliest extant comprehensive...
Author of al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, the most comprehensive biographical dictionary of the Prophet's Companions and early Muslim generations.
One of the greatest scholars in Islamic history. His Tafsir al-Tabari and Tarikh al-Tabari are the foundational works of Quranic exegesis and Islamic history re
Major Islamic historian and biographer. His Futuh al-Buldan is the foundational his...
Arab historian and geographer known as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'. His M...
Mamluk-era Egyptian historian whose al-Nujum al-Zahirah chronicles Egypt's history year b...
Greatest historian of Mamluk Egypt. His Khitat is an encyclopedic topographica...
Moroccan historian of al-Andalus. His Nafh al-Tib is the most comprehensive hi...
Genealogist and hadith scholar from Merv, author of al-Ansab (Genealogies).
Libyan historian known for extensive Islamic biographies and historical work...
An Indian Islamic historian (1856-1938 CE) known for his comprehensive Urdu history of ...
A contemporary American Muslim historian and educator, author of Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Mu...
A Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and science historian (b. 1954), founder of the Center for Islam and Science in C...