42 results for “historian”
Clear filterOne 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...