Muslim historical writings first began to develop in the 7th century, with the reconstruction of the Prophet Muhammad's life in the centuries following his death.
Muslims had actually lived in the region for quite some time; the famous Arab historian and geographer, Al-Masudi, reported Muslims amongst Africans in the land of Sofa in 947 (modern day Mozambique, itself a derivative of the name of the Arab Shiekh who ruled the area at the time when the Portuguese arrived, Musa bin Ba'ik).
Meccan Trade And The Rise Of Islam is a book written by scholar and historiographer of early Islam Patricia Crone.
The role of Muslim scholar and muhaddith, Ahmad ibn Hanbal in the mihna has garnered significant attention in later historiography.
Islam | Sunni Islam | Shia Islam | The Early Show | Early Middle Ages | Early Cretaceous | Early Edition | Prophets in Islam | Nation of Islam | Islam Karimov | Islam in the United States | Five Pillars of Islam | Early Today | Early Christianity | Distant Early Warning Line | historiography | Encyclopaedia of Islam | Airborne early warning and control | Ahmed Mohamed Islam | Shi'a Islam | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers | Jubal Early | Historiography of early Islam | Early Modern English | Early Jurassic | Ballistic Missile Early Warning System | Kazi Nazrul Islam | Islam in Ethiopia | Early Triassic | Early modern period |