Engaging with contemporary debates about the sources that shape our understanding of the Early Muslim world, Najam Haider proposes a new model for Muslim historical writing that draws on Late Antique Historiography to question why we impose modern notions of history on a pre-modern society.
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Engaging with contemporary debates about the sources that shape our understanding of the Early Muslim world, Najam Haider proposes a new model for Muslim historical writing that draws on Late Antique Historiography to question why we impose modern notions of history on a pre-modern society