33 results for “historian”
...ough its historical significance has been debated by modern historians.
...ma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir, the renowned Shafi'i scholar and historian, died in Damascus. His Tafsir Ibn Kathir is the most widely...
...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-...
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,...