"Re-discovering bygone eras and forgotten pieces."
Simply put it, historiography is the study of history and its methodology - the way history has been and is written. Often this is viewed in terms of political and military history.
Simply put it, historiography is the study of history and its methodology - the way history has been and is written. Often this is viewed in terms of political and military history.
My personal interest is to view history away from this conventional approach; expand its understanding to include cultural, scientific, social and religious histories similar to Al-Biruni's approach in his book "Kitab fi Tahqiq ma l'il-Hind (Researches on India)"; and to look at history from chronologies to different genre. This is not just the study of past events directly, but the changing interpretations of those events.
Isn't it fascinating to follow the trails of Urwah, Wahb ibn Munabbih, Ibn Ishaq, Al-Waqidi, Ibn Hisham, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Ibn Hajar, Ibn Batuta, Ibn Khaldun, Al-Biruni, Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Ibn Wahshiyya, Abdul Latif al-Baghdadi and Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari.
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