Works
Ibn Nadim in Al-Fihrist enumerates 22 and Najashi lists 28 monographs composed by him comprising :
- Kitab Al-Saqifa (The book of Saqifah)
- Kitab Al-Ridda (The book of Ridda wars)
- Kitab Al-Shura (The book of The election of Uthman)
- Kitab Al-Jamal (The book of Battle of Bassorah)
- Kitab Al-Siffin (The book of Battle of Siffin)
- Kitab Maqtal Al-Hasan
- Kitab Maqtal Al-Husayn (The history of Battle of Karbala)
- Sirat Al-Hussayn
- Kitab Khotba Al-Zahra
- Kitab Akhbar Al-Mukhtar
He was the first historian to systematically collect the reports dealing with the events of the Battle of Karbala. His work was considered reliable among later Shi'a and Sunni historians like Tabari. He has based his work on the eyewitness testimony of Muhammad ibn Qays, Harith ibn Abd Allah ibn Sharik al-Amiri, Abd Allah ibn Asim and Dahhak ibn Abd Allah Abu, Abu Janab al-Kalbi and Adi b. Hurmula, Muhammad ibn Qays.
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