Books of History

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Urdu readers can go through a primer on Usool At Tareekh by clicking here. This is a helpful resource in identifying any forgeries made by enemies of Islam. 

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Sheikh Wahhaj Tareen
​GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM

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Al-Badaya wan nahaya - Tareekh Ibn e Kathir (History of Islam by Ibn e Kathir):

This is an excellent work on preservation of islamic history and is a common point of reference.

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(English, Malay, Urdu, Arabic and Bangla)

Tareekh e Islam (History of Islam):

This is one of the most comprehensive books on islamic history starting from Jahiliya (Dark ages) and covers till Ottomon Empire.

Urdu:
Vol1    Vol2     Vol3
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English:
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Vol1: Read / Download
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Vol3: Read / Download

Lessons from History

English
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Tabqat Ibn e saad:

Book Review (English): Read
Urdu:
Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, Vol4

English:
Read / Download, Read Online 

Arabic:
Read:
Intro, Vol01, Vol02, Vol03, 
Vol04, Vol05, Vol06, Vol07, 
Vol08, Vol09, Vol10, Vol11
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Intro, Vol01, Vol02, Vol03, 
Vol04, Vol05, Vol06, Vol07, 
Vol08, Vol09, Vol10, Vol11
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Tareekh Ibn e Khaldoon (Islamic history by Ibn e Khaldoon):

A critical analysis of Ibn Khaldun's objections about narrations related to Al-Mahdi (By Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi)
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Urdu:
Intro
Vol1   Vol2   Vol3    Vol4    Vol5    Vol6    Vol7    Vol8

Arabic:
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(Individual Volumes)
مجلد 1 مجلد 2 مجلد 3 مجلد 4 مجلد 5 مجلد 6 مجلد 7 مجلد 8 الواجهة

English:
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Life and Works of Ibn Khaldun:
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Chronology of Islamic History
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English
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Tareekh e Islam by Molana Muhammad Mian

Urdu:
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This is a very brief history covering only limited time period.

Tareekkh e Aalam e Islam
Prof. Naeem Siddiqui
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Urdu:
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The battle of Qadsiyyah
(Fall of Persian Empire)
English:
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Haspania se America Tak
(From Spain to America)
Urdu:
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 The Islamic Conquest of Syria:
English:
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Tareekh Tabari:

It is not recommended for use by common believers but for scholars who can differentiate between authentic and weak narrations. Find out why.
Allah knows the best.
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(Arabic, English, Urdu and Indonesian Languages)

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Al-Tareekh Al Islami
By Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shareefi

Arabic:
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Kitab Tareekh Al Kabir
Imam Bukhari

Arabic
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Tareekh e Dawat wa Azeemat
By Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi
Read Brief Review (Urdu)
Urdu:
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English:
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Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, Vol4, Vol5
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Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, Vol4, Vol5

Al-Tareekh Al Islami
By Mahmood Shakir
التاریخ الاسلامی محمود شاکر
Arabic:
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Tareekh Farishta
By Muhammad Qasim Farishta
(History of India)
تاریخ فرشتہ - ہندوستان کی تاریخ
Urdu:
Read: 
Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, Vol4
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Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, Vol4

English
The rise of Mohamadan Power in India
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Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, Vol4
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Vol1, Vol2, Vol3, Vol4

Musalaman Ummatoon ka Mazi, Hall aur Mustaqbil
Dr. Israr Ahmed

Urdu
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Insani Dunya per Muslamano ke Urooj o Zawal ke Asrat
Syed Abulhason Ali Nadvi

Urdu
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قوموں کا عروج و زوال
Qaumon ka Urooj o Zawal by Abu Muhammad Ali bin Muhammad Al-Andlusi
Urdu
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Click here to read more about Ibn Hazm Al Zahiri Al Andlusi

Dunya ko Islam se Kis Tarah Roka Gaya
M. Aizaz Ali
(Answering those who believe that Islam was spread through sword)
Urdu
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Saltanat e Usmania
Dr. Muhammad As-Sulabi


Urdu
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Tareekh ke Dareechon se
Mufti Rafi Usmani


Urdu
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Tareekh e Ahl e Hadith
Molana M. Ibrahim Madni


Urdu
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The Raid of Mongols
Books and Audios

English / Urdu
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Tareekh e Millat
(Till the time of Mughuls)

Urdu
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مسالک الابصار فی ممالک الامصار
(Urdu: تاریخ ہند پر نئی روشنی )

Arabic / Urdu
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Al-Kamil Fi Tareekh
Ibn Al-Athir

Arabic / Urdu / English
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Tahreek e Ahl e Hadith
Tareekh ke Aynay main

Urdu
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Ahl us Sunnah Wal Jama'ah
(History of deviant sects and the saved group)
Urdu
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Tareekh e Islam
Murtaza Ahmed Khan

Urdu
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Islam Ka Nazariya e Tareekh
M. Mazhar ud Din Siddiqui

Urdu
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Tareekh e Sindh
Allama Syed Suleiman Nadvi
Urdu
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Hindustan main Arbon ki hakoomatain
Urdu
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Al-Hind Fil Ahad Al Islami
Syed Abul Hasan Hasni Nadvi
Arabic
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Islami Hind ki Azmat e Rafta
Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri
Urdu
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Saheeh Tareekh Al Islam Wal Muslimeen
Abdul Jabbar Salafi
Urdu
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Dunya e Islam Main Science aur Tib ka urooj
Dr. Hafiz ur Rahman Siddiqui
Urdu
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Ahd e Banu Ummayah main muhaditheen ki khidmat
Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Bukhari
Urdu
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Falsafa At-Tareekh Inda Ibn Khaldoon

Arabic
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Deen e Ilahi (made by Mughal king Akbar) aur uss ka pas manzar
Urdu
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Tareekh e Wahabiyyat - Haqaiq ke Ainay Main

Urdu
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Encyclopedia Tareekh e Aalam


Urdu
Read: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
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Tareekh Dolah Al-Uthmania
(Syed Muhammad Al-Syed Mahmood)
Arabic
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Hindustan main Ilm e Hadith ki Isha'at
English
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Al-Fath Al-Islami Fi Al-Shimal Al-Afriqi
Arabic
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Fath Nama e Sind (Chachnama)
Sindhi
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Urdu
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English
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Tareekh e Islam for Masters

Urdu
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 عنوان الكتاب: النوازل الكبرى في التاريخ الإسلامي
 المؤلف: فتحي زغروت
Arabic
Read: Vol1, Vol2, Vol3
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Tareekh e Asr e Qadeem
(before Prophet PBUH)
Abdul Haleem Sharar
Urdu
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مسلمانوں کا ہزار سالہ عروج
 پروفیسر ارشد جاوید

Urdu
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Ummat e Muslimah ka urooj o zawal
Prof. Habibullah Chishti
Urdu
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Lecture: 1914 - The Shaping of the Modern Muslim World

More Books:

• Arabic - Madha Khasira Al-Alam Bi Inhitat Al Muslimeen (What did the world loose when Muslims fell) (Read / Download)
• Arabic - تاريخ المسلمين وحضارتهم في بلاد الهند والسند والبنجاب محمد عبد العظيم أبو النصر الصوفي - (Read / Download)
• Bangla -  Iman Defto Dastan - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
• English - Lost Islamic History - Faris Al-Khateeb - Read / Download
• English - Calendar Of Islamic Historical Events - Dr. Muhammad Junaid Nadvi - Read / Download
• Hindi - What did the world loose when Muslims fell? (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Ahde Islami K Hindustan Main Muashrat Mueshat Aur Hakomat K Masail (Zafar ul Islam Islahi) - Read / Download
• Urdu - Arab ka Irtidad aur uska bazor e talwar insidad (in the time of Abu Bakr R.A.) - Hasan Nizami - Published in 1925 - Read / Download
• Urdu - Arabon Ki Jahazrani - Sayyid Sulaiman Nadvi (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Arooj O Zawaal Ke Fitri Usool - Molana Abul Kalam Azad - (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Daulat e Asfiyah Aur Bartanvi Hakoomat (Syed Abul Aala Maududi) ​- Download
• Urdu - Deen e Islam aur Awaleen Musalmanon Ki Do Mutazad Tasweerain - Syed Abul Hasan Nadvi (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Dunya Main Islam Kaisay Phaila (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Falsfa Urog O Zawal E Aqwam - By Gustave Le Bon - Translated by: Shah Mueen Nadwi - Read / Download
• Urdu - Islami Hakoomatain (Urdu translation of "The Islamic Dynasties" by Clifford Edmund Bosworth) - Read / Download
• Urdu - Khilafat aur Hindustan - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (Read / Download)
• ​Urdu - Khilafat e Usmania Aur Duniya e Islam - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Madni Muashra Ahd-e-Risalat Mein (by Akram Zia ul Umari) - (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Mukhtasar Tareekh Ahl Hadith (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Musalmano ka Mazi, Haal, Aur Mustaqbil - Syed Abul Aala Maududi - (Download)
• Urdu - Panch Butt (5 idols) - A research on 5 idols mentioned in the Quran - (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Quroon e Wusta main Misr se Multan tak Qaramita ke siyasi wa madhabi asrat (قرون وسطی میں مصر سے ملتان تک قرامطہ کےسیاسی ومذہبی اثرات) - Political and Religious effects of Qramatha in the middle ages: From Egypt to Multan - Suhail Akhter, Dr Abdul Razzaq - (Rahat-ul-Quloob Research Journal, Volume 1, Issue 2 ,Jul-Dec 2017, Pg. 107-132) - Download
• Urdu - Rise and Fall of Muslims - Hafiz Muhammad Idrees - Part 1: Watch / Listen; Part 2: Watch / Listen
• Urdu - Roshnī kā mīnār - by Maulana Shabbīr Aḥmad Usmani (Historical speach at Pakistan's contitutional assebly after the acceptance of Qarardad e Maqasid - Published in 1950 by Jamat e Islami, Pakistan) - Read / Download
• Urdu - Tamadun e Islam ki Kahani, Ussi ki Zabani - Abdul Majid Daryabadi - تمدنِ اسلام کی کہانی اسی کی زبانی - عبد الماجد دراآبادی - Download
• Urdu - Tanzeem e Islami Ka Tareekhi Pas Manzar (This book presents a comparison of Islamic history with the history of Jews in terms of their periods of rise and fall) - (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Tareekh e Firoon - Khwaja Hasan Nizami (Read / Download)
• Urdu - Tareekh Al-Islam Wal Muslimeen (Author: Masood Ahmed) - Download: Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4  
• Urdu - Tareekh e Islam - Shah Moeen ud Din Ahmed Nadvi  (Read: Part1, Part2, Part3 Download: Part1, Part2, Part3)
• Urdu - Tareekh e Muslim League - Mazhar Ansari - Published in 1940 - Read / Download
• Urdu - Tareekhi Maqalaat - Prof. Muhammad Aslam, President, Department of History, Punjab University, Lahore - Download
• Urdu - Umat-e-Musalma ka Arooj-o-Zawal Author:Prof.Habib Allah Chisti - Read / Download

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