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First era: 700–750 (Ibn Zubayr and al-Zuhri's histories no longer exist, but they are referenced in later works).
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Robinson, Chase F. (2003), Cambridge University Press,
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Harrassowitz, 1927. 1252: 1050:Arabic: Ottoman Empire and Morocco 554:Ẓāhir al-Dīn Nīshāpūrī around 1175 346:Historians of the classical period 155:Historians of the formative period 14: 1375: 928:Medieval Indian medical historian 304:History of the Prophets and Kings 1261:; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; 350: 339:Abū Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdānī 199:(The Life of the Apostle of God) 22: 1332:Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen 1275:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_22839 1172:Historians of the modern period 443:("The Dictionary of Countries") 150:List of biographies of Muhammad 33:needs additional citations for 1296: 1269:(3rd ed.). Brill Online. 1246: 1233: 1031:Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga 789:Abū 'Ubayd 'Abd Allāh al-Bakrī 399:Hilal ibn al-Muhassin al-Sabi' 251:Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi 229:(Book of History and Battles). 1: 1313: 470:Zahiriddin Nasr Muhammad Aufi 380:(d. 990) one of the earliest 146:Historiography of early Islam 1340:. Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004. 938:Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib 893:Kitab fi Tahqiq ma li'l-Hind 299:Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari 227:Kitab al-Tarikh wa'l-Maghazi 7: 1306:. Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004. 1243:, Leiden: Brill, 1960-2004. 1190: 1165:Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi 674:(The Beginning and the End) 57:"List of Muslim historians" 10: 1380: 1239:Bianquis, "Al-Musabbihi", 1095:Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri 920:Akbar Shah Khan Najibabadi 880: 754:Ta'rikh iftitah al-Andalus 738:al-Andalus and the Maghreb 543:Egypt, Palestine and Syria 357:Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli 143: 1204:Lists of Islamic scholars 1062:Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari 690:(Mamluk history of Egypt) 170:Aban bin Uthman bin Affan 122:list of Muslim historians 1214: 1086:Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti 1058:(d. after November 1522) 926:Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman 876: 813:Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi 663:Tarikh al-Islam al-kabir 591:Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 456:Muhammad bin Ali Rawandi 429:Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi 950:Turkish: Ottoman Empire 945:Early modern historians 932:Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri 895:(Researches on India), 731:Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi 597:Baha al-Din ibn Shaddad 585:Imad al-Din al-Isfahani 527:Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi 128:, which developed from 1338:Encyclopaedia of Islam 1304:Encyclopaedia of Islam 1267:Encyclopaedia of Islam 1241:Encyclopaedia of Islam 1114:Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak 726:History of the Caliphs 518:Rashid-al-Din Hamadani 437:(1179–1229) author of 1153:Muhammad Saleh Kamboh 1123:Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni 881:Further information: 771:Yusuf ibn abd al-Barr 672:al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya 405:al-Khatib al-Baghdadi 382:historians of science 279:Al-Imama wa al-Siyasa 986:Hoca Sadeddin Efendi 824:Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi 694:Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani 613:(Mirror of the Time) 451:al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh 257:Fourth era: 860–900 182:Second era: 750–800 42:improve this article 1364:Islam-related lists 1354:Historians of Islam 1147:Inayat Allah Kamboh 1135:Iskandar Beg Munshi 1108:Muhammad Khwandamir 857:Ismail ibn al-Ahmar 801:Mohammed al-Baydhaq 367:The Meadows of Gold 310:Fifth era: 900–950 245:Khalifa ibn Khayyat 217:Hisham ibn al-Kalbi 212:Third era: 800–860 187:Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri 120:The following is a 1257:. 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Islamic historiographical tradition
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List of biographies of Muhammad
Urwah ibn Zubayr
Aban bin Uthman bin Affan
Wahb ibn Munabbih
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
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Sirah Rasul Allah
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Maqtal al-Husayn
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Al-Waqidi
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Ibn Sa'd
Khalifa ibn Khayyat
Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi

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