The Scholars' Division of Akhbar Authority
قسمة اختصاص الأخباريين
Abu Mikhnaf for Iraq, al-Mada'ini for Khurasan and Persia, al-Waqidi for the Hijaz and sira — all three shared Syria's conquests 1.
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Ibn al-Nadim says that he read, in the handwriting of Ahmad ibn al-Harith al-Kharraz, the scholars' statement on the specialisations of the historians (akhbariyyun). 2
The division
Abu Mikhnaf surpasses others in the matter of Iraq and its reports and conquests. Al-Mada'ini in the matter of Khurasan, India, and Persia. Al-Waqidi in the Hijaz and the biography. They shared in the conquests of Syria. 2
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- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p. 293
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.293
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