Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

A Glance at Historiography in Shiite Culture

Author: Rasul Ja'farian
Publisher: www.al-islam.org
Category:

• Beginning of Historiography Among the Shi’ites
• Shi’ite Works on the Prophet’s Biography During the First Centuries
• Books on the History of the Prophets
• Kalāmī-Historical Books
• Hadīthī-Historical Books
• Rijālī-Historical Books
• History of the Twelve Imams (‘a) from the 5th to 8th Centuries
• Regional Histories from the 4th to 8th Centuries AH
• Arabic and Persian Works of ‘Twelver Sunnis’ on the Twelve Imams (‘a) from the 6th to the 10th Centuries
• Persian Works by Imamis from the 7th till 10th Centuries
• Historiography on the Eve of the Safawid Era
• Spread of Tashayyu’ and Beginning of Shi’ite Historiography during the Safawid Era
• Maqtal Works During the Safawid and Qajarid Eras
• Notes