صدرِ اسلام سے ابان بن عثمان (متوفی 170) تک ‏ سيرت نگاری

Abstract

This paper is a translation of the part of the case of Professor Rasool Jafarian's book "Hayat-e-Fikri wa Siyatiya Imamaman Shia" (Intellectual and Political Life of Shia Imams), in which the author of the book has written very comprehensively on the historiography of Muslims. In this paper, the historical mindset and historical legacy of Arabs before Islam, the importance of historiography among Muslims after the emergence of Islam, the attention of Muslim rulers on historiography, the effects of historical writings of other nations on Arabs, historiography among Muslims. Various genres, as well as Muslim biographies and biographies and historiography, are examined. While this paper highlights the history of Muslim historiography, it also provides the best approach for Muslim historians to work on history.