المسعودي و مؤلفاته

Abstract EN

Al-Masaoodi is one of the Muslim Arab historians.

he is considered an important resource in the Islamic history because his resources were based on Quran and suna in addition to that he quoted from many earlier famous historians like tabari, ibn duraid and abo Faraj al-Asfahani.

he adopted trusted resources in most of his writings and he gave his opinion and criticized what he had reported from the historians so that his opinion played an important role in rectifying and distinguishing right from wrong.

al-Masaoodi had two approaches in recording and studying history.

the first is according to the subject and the second is the annual dating.

his best works are muroj al thahab (meadows of gold), Ma'adin al Jawhar (mines of gems) and al-Tanbeeh Wal Esshraf (the warnign and observing).