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'History of al-Yaʿqūbī') is a well-known classical Islamic history book, written by al-Yaʿqūbī. [1] Like his contemporary Al-Dinawari, Ya'qubi's histories, unlike those of their predecessors, aimed to entertain as well as instruct; they are "literary" productions. [citation needed] His history is divided into two parts. [1]
Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya (Arabic: السيرة النبوية), commonly shortened to Sīrah and translated as prophetic biography, are the traditional biographies of the Islamic prophet Muhammad written by Muslim historians, from which, in addition to the Qurʾān and ḥadīth literature, most historical information about his life and the early history of Islam is derived.
Paul M. Cobb (born 1967) is an American historian of the medieval Islamic world.He is currently a Professor of Islamic History at the University of Pennsylvania.His areas of interest include Islamic relations with the West, historiography, and the history of travel and exploration.
The Tarikh-i guzida (also spelled Tarikh-e Gozideh (Persian: تاریخ گزیده, "Excerpt history"), is a compendium of Islamic history from the creation of the world until 1329, written by Hamdallah Mustawfi [1] [2] and finished in 1330. [3] It was written in a dry simple style and dedicated to Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad. [3]
Ayatullah Khomeini's book government of the jurist is greatly influenced by this book, so is his call to the pure Islam (Persian: اسلام ناب) and his analysis of the post-colonial Muslim world. [18] Sayyid Rashid Rida, a student of Muhammad Abduh, had visited India in 1912 and was impressed by the Deoband and Nadwatul Ulama seminaries. [19]
Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends to thousands of years before the foundation of the Province of Pennsylvania. Archaeologists generally believe that the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago during the last glacial period , though it is unclear when humans first entered present-day Pennsylvania.