A Study of the Muslim and Western Historiography

Abstract

In this analytical study, the focus is on analyzing the trends and styles of historiography adopted by historians. Western and Muslim historians both used different techniques and methodologies to write history in their time as the Western historians passed through the different ages from ancient times to the enlightenment and even later with a materialistic approach, while Muslim historians started their historiography according to the guidance of Islamic concepts under the light of the Quran and Sunah as they initially started it with the life of the Prophet (Salallah-o-Alaih). This paper explores and highlights Islamic and Western concepts of historiography.

Keywords: History, Historiography, Western, Islamic, Seerah, Madina.