Tarikh Islam

Under the influence of different factors, Muslims began historiography from the first Hijra century. These influental factors can be divided into two kinds: positive and negative, the first of which are the Qura'n and hadiths (the prophetic traditions) and the second of which are the troubles and disturbances. Each of these two factors had its own effect on Islamic historiography over its different stages of development. Islamic history books, which at the beginning were concerned with personal affairs , developed into more or less historical authorships and then into advanced history books. In each of these four stages, Muslim historians wrote many books, most of which are considered as important and authentic Islamic sources. This article, which is based on a book entitled Science of History by Sa'ib Abdul al - Hamid , desls to with the factors which had influenced Islamic historiography and point to its different stages of development .