HISTORIANS: of the Islamic World

HISTORIANS:of the Islamic World

Author: Gholamali Haddad Adel, Hassan Taromi-Rad,Mohammad Jafar Elmi

Publisher: IslamicBook Trust

ISBN: 9789670526423

Year: 2018

Weight: 0.300kg

Pages: 146pp

Price: RM40

Imparting lessons from the past, historians endeavoured topresent standards for man’s actions. As mentioned in the Qur’an (11: 100, 120),the histories of the prophets and nations and the exposition of the factorsleading to the rise and decline of nations urge man to take lessons and treadthe path towards guidance. Ab? ‘Al? Miskawayh entitled his work ‘Experience ofNations’. Ibn al-Ath?r maintained that historical knowledge may foster humanintellect and provide him with further stamina to face vicissitudes and urgerulers to administer justice in an unstable world.

This volume includes the articles devoted to the historiansof the Islamic world, selected from the 16 hitherto published volumes of theEncyclopaedia of the World of Islam (EWI) which was originally compiled inPersian. Other entries from this encyclopaedia which are available in Englishinclude History and Historiography, Historical Sources of the Islamic World, ThePahlavi Dynasty, Periodicals of the Muslim World, and ?awza-yi ‘Ilmiyya.