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 challenge the imposition of modern notions of
history on a pre-modern society. Haider discusses three key case
studies - the revolt of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd (d. 67/687), the life
of the Twelver Shi'i Imam Musa al-Kazim (d. 183/799) and the
rebellion and subsequent death of the Zaydi Shi'i Imam Yahya b.
'Abd Allah (d. 187/803) - in calling for a new line of inquiry
which focuses on larger historiographical questions. What were the
rules that governed historical writing in the early Muslim world?
What were the intended audiences for these works? In the process,
he rejects artificial divisions between Sunni and Shi'i historical
writing.
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