Tarikh Islam

The present study deals with identifying and introducing biographies of martyrs and other writings on the history of the Ashura Event from its beginning up to the present time in two periods. The first period has been organized in two parts. The first part presents a list of biographies from beginning up to the 7th century AH; the second part gives a descriptive account of the writings on the history of the Ashra Event up to the 7th century AH. The second period which is dedicated to the biographies and writings of the same kind from the 8th to the 14th century AH. is divided into two parts. In the first part, after an introduction, some important writings from the 8th century up to the present age are identified and introduced; and in the second part, the most important writings of the contemporary ages, with the important role they have played in presenting spurious and even fictitious accounts about the Ashura Event, have been introduced. As stated in the previous issue of the journal, due to the fact that this study is extensive, it is presented in three sections. The first one (from the beginning up to the 7th century, in two parts) was presented in the previous issue of the journal, and the following section, i.e. the second one, appears in this issue. The third section, related to the second period, will be presented in the next issue.