The Approach to Criticism: Historiography at Abu-Al-Fida (732 AH/1331 AD) in the book "Al-Mukhtasar fi Akhbar Al-Bashar".

Abstract

      The research consists of a preface and important titles related to Abu al-Fida's historical criticism approach. The preface included a brief explanation of Abu al-Fida and his scientific and political interests. The first title was "His Approach to Criticizing Historical Resources," where he discussed his accurate scientific method for correcting and verifying ancient dates. As for the second one, it came under the title "His Approach to Criticizing Historical Narratives," which was narrowed down to two important points. The first point came under the title "His Method of Correcting Narratives." This shows his high ability in interpreting and analyzing historical events and weighing the most important reasons that prompted their occurrence.  While the second point talked about his methodology in comparing and weighting between novels.