The Most Famous
HISTORIANS from Saudi Arabia
This page contains a list of the greatest Saudi Arabian Historians. The pantheon dataset contains 561 Historians, 2 of which were born in Saudi Arabia. This makes Saudi Arabia the birth place of the 28th most number of Historians behind Belgium, and Afghanistan.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Saudi Arabian Historians of all time. This list of famous Saudi Arabian Historians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ibn Ishaq (704 - 767)
With an HPI of 68.27, Ibn Ishaq is the most famous Saudi Arabian Historian. His biography has been translated into 41 different languages on wikipedia.
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدُ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn Yasār al-Muṭṭalibī; c. 704–767), known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer. Ibn Ishaq, also known by the title ṣāḥib al-sīra, collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His biography is known as the Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, and it has mainly survived through the recension of the work by Ibn Hisham.
2. Al-Waqidi (747 - 823)
With an HPI of 60.93, Al-Waqidi is the 2nd most famous Saudi Arabian Historian. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Waqid al-Aslami (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عمر بن واقد الاسلمي, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Wāqid al-Aslamī) (c. 130 – 207 AH; commonly referred as commonly referred to as al-Waqidi (Arabic: الواقدي; c. 747 – 823 AD) was an early Muslim historian and biographer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, specializing in his military campaigns. His surname is derived from his grandfather's name Waqid, and thus he became famous as al-Imam al-Waqidi. He served as a judge (qadi) for the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun. Several of al-Waqidi's works are known through his scribe and student (in the field of the al-maghazi genre), Ibn Sa'd.
3. Aban ibn Uthman (641 - 723)
With an HPI of 57.25, Aban ibn Uthman is the 3rd most famous Saudi Arabian Historian. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Abu Sa'id Aban ibn Uthman ibn Affan al-Umawi (Arabic: أَبُو سَعِيد أَبَان بْنُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّان الأُمَوِيّ, romanized: Abū Saʿīd Abān ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān al-Umawī; died 105 AH/723 CE) was a Muslim historian and traditionalist. He also served a seven-year stint as governor of Medina in 695–702, during the reign of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705).
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Saudi Arabian historians born between 641 and 747. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Saudi Arabian historians include Ibn Ishaq, Al-Waqidi, and Aban ibn Uthman. As of April 2024, 1 new Saudi Arabian historians have been added to Pantheon including Aban ibn Uthman.
