تیسری صدی ہجری تک کے شیعہ سیرت و تاریخ نویس

Abstract

This paper is a continuation of the series of articles taken from the book "Political History of Islam_Sirat-e Rasool-e-Khuda^(PBUH)" by the renowned researcher and historian, Professor Rasool Jafarian. In the previous articles, the historical mentality of the Arabs before the emergence of Islam, the historiography of Muslims after the emergence of Islam, as well as the research works of Professor Rasool Jafarian about biography have been presented.

In the same way, a complete introduction to the compilations of the great biographers from the beginning of Muslim biographies to Aban Ibn Uthman, an important biographer of the second century, has been presented. Moreover, a detailed research discussion on the causes and factors of distortion in biographies among Muslims has been also presented. Besides these topics, a detailed introduction of Shia biographers and historians of the second century Hijri has also been described.

In the present paper, the Shia biographers and historians of the 3rd century Hijri have been introduced.

In this article, a detailed introduction to the works of Shia biographers and historians has been presented. This article

discusses some prominent Shia biographer like Nasr bin Muzahim Munqari, Hisham bin Muhammad Kalbi (204-206), Haytham bin Adi (AD 207), Abu Ubaidah Muammar bin Muthana (110-209 or 211 or 213), Khalifa bin Khayat (AD 240) ), Muhammad bin Habib (AD 245), Azraqi (AD 248), Zubair bin Baqqar (AD 256), Umar bin Shabbah (173-262), Ibn Qutiba (213-276) and Yaqoob bin Sufyan Fasawi (195-277).