The causes and contexts of the development and prosperity of historiography during the period of the Mamluk Sultans (648-923 AH)

amirhosein sharifi ¹ ( phd condidate in History,Central Tehran, Branch,, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. )
sattar Oudi ² ( Associate Professor, Department of History, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. )
RAMAZAN rezayi ³ ( Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. )

Submited date : 2023-01-29 Accepted date : 2023-05-10

Keywords: Keywords: Islamic historiography, crusaders, Mongols, Mamluk Sultans,

Abstract :

Review: Historiography grew and flourished in the Mamluk era in such a way that this period should be considered the peak of Islamic historiography. The writing of hundreds of books with many and voluminous volumes in all kinds of historiography and especially in the fields of general, local, and dynastic histories shows this issue. No period of Islamic history has seen so many historical works. The basic question of this research is: Why was historiography so much attention during the period of Mamluk Sultans (648-923 AHThe findings of this research indicate that the long crusades and also the Mongols with the Mamluks have been very effective in this field. Muslim historians intend to write their books to remember the great and brilliant victories of the Mamluk sultans against the eastern and western enemies of Islam for future generations. The encouragement and persuasion of the Mamluk sultans and emirs and some other factors that are the subject of this article have also been very effective in this field. The study method used in this research is descriptive-analytical and based on reliable sources as well as looking at study and research writings and referring to the library and digital resources.