The vision and approach of Egyptian historians in the (fifth and sixth AH/eleventh and twelfth centuries AD) of the Fatimid era

Abstract

The Egyptian historical school has flourished since the late fourth century AH/tenth century AD. This coincided with the beginning of the rule of the Fatimid state in Egypt in the year 358 AH/969 AD. A number of Egyptian historians emerged for us who wrote about the history of the Fatimid state. In writing its history, they followed the two annual approaches in which they arranged Its news according to the years, and the objective approach in which they arranged its news according to topics, so their forms of historical writing varied and included general history books, local history books, biographies, biographies and classes, books of plans, books of letters, books of encyclopedias and finally books of memoirs, so each historian followed a different path. In it, on the authority of the other historian, according to the historical image he took in writing the events.