The following are some of the names of Arab historians: Emâm Muhammad Bin Esahâq, who was the first author of the religion of Muhammad, who wrote on the wars [of the prophet] and on history.* After him came Emâm Wuhub Bin Muniah, and Emâm Vaqidi, and Assmâi, and Muhammad Jarir-ut-Tabari, and Abu Abdullah Musallam, who wrote the ‘Jâmi’-ul-ma’araf,’ and Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Aa’thum Al-Kufi, author of the ‘Fatûh,’ and Abdullah Bin Almoqana and Hakim Abu Ali Maskinah, and Fahr-ud-din Muhammad Bin Abu Dâud, and Suleimân Albe­nagiti, and Abulfaraj Bin Jûzi, author of the ‘Moutazim,’ and O’mad-ud-din Bin Kathir Ushshâmi, and Muqadasi, and Tha’alébi, and Abu Hanifah Dinvari, and Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Masu’di, and Emâm Kaweel Abdullah Bin Asad Aliamani Aliafa’i, and Abunassar Alotbi, the author of the ‘Yamani.’ Most of these authors likewise wrote commentaries and traditions, and the authority of their works is high beyond measure.