المؤرخ ابن سلام اللواتي (ت 273 ه 886 م)‎ و بدء التاريخ في إفريقية

الملخص EN

The historians of El-Maghreb have contributed to writing their history since Islam entered Ifriqiya "Africa"territory with the conquest in the first century AH, seventh century AD.

Among these early historians was Ibn Salam Ibn Amr al-Lawati al-Nafousi, who lived in Agharmiman in Djebel Nafousa"mountain of Nafousa", where he received knowledge from Sheikh Abu Akbet as he lived during an important era of the Rustomid state(160-296 AH).

He also was a frequent traveler throughout Ifriqiya, Egypt, Tripoli, and Tozer in the region of El Djarid; where he settled to seeking knowledge and collect his book.

Ibn Salam's book consists of the definition of the foundations of the Islamic Aqida"faith", a collection of the great companions in the early days of Islam, then showed the religious laws that ruled the life of the individual, and listed the early Imams of the Ibadiya sect in the Mashreq"east", followed by the sheikhs of the sect in the Islamic Maghreb, and mentioned the state of Abul-Khattab Al-Ma'afiri, and the state of Abu Hatim Al-Malzuzi in the second century AH, and the Rustomid state after them.

In his book, Ibn Salam adopted several approaches, Historians differed in defining his approach.

Some of them described it as the general history approach.

Some others classified it within the curriculum of books of biography and virtues, and some put it in the category of dynasties'books; thus, it did not adopt a single approach.