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"Arabic historiography" as a book category refers to the body of historical writing produced in the Arabic language and the modern scholarship that studies it. It encompasses primary texts such as chronicles, universal and regional histories, annals, biographical dictionaries, local and tribal histories, travelogues and administrative records from the early Islamic period to the modern era, as well as critical editions and translations of those works. Characteristic features include an emphasis on chronology and chains of transmission for reports, frequent use of oral and documentary sources, literary techniques (poetry, rhetoric, moralizing narratives), and diverse purposes ranging from record‑keeping and legitimation of rulers to communal memory and polemics. The category also covers major methodological developments within the tradition—most notably analytical approaches exemplified by Ibn Khaldun—and spans a wide geographic and cultural range across the Middle East, North Africa, al‑Andalus and beyond.

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