in the class of Ibn Ishaq and among the first Muslim historians who contributed about 40 titles in historical tradition of which no fewer than thirteen titles were monographic maqtal works. His monographs were gathered by later historians like Al-Baladhuri and Al-Tabari in their collections. Few of the later Sunni scholars like Al-Dhahabi, Yahya ibn Ma'in, Al-Daraqutni, and Abu Hatim have been critical of him, while some describe him as pure source. As a hadith transmitter, he is regarded as weak and unreliable. Works Ibn Nadim in his al-Fihrist lists 22, and al-Najashi lists 28 monographs composed by Abu Mikhnaf, comprising: Kitab Al-Saqifa (The book of Saqifah) Kitab Al-Ridda (The book of Ridda wars) Kitab Al-Shura (The book of The election of Uthman) Kitab Al-Jamal (The book of Battle of Bassorah) Kitab Al-Siffin (The book of Battle of Siffin) Kitab Maqtal Al-Hasan Kitab Maqtal Al-Husayn (The history of Battle of Karbala) Sirat Al-Hussayn Kitab Khutba Al-Zahra Kitab Akhbar Al-Mukhtar Futuh Al Sham (Conquest of Syria) Maqtal Al-Husayn He was the first historian to systematically collect the reports dealing with the events of the Battle of Karbala. His work was considered reliable among later Shi'a and Sunni historians like Tabari. He has based his work on the eyewitness testimony of Muhammad ibn Qays, Harith ibn Abd Allah ibn Sharik al-Amiri, Abd Allah ibn Asim and Dahhak ibn Abd Allah Abu, Abu Janab al-Kalbi and Adi b. Hurmula, Muhammad ibn Qays. Futuh Al Sham Various works titled Futuh Al Sham by Al Azdi, Ibn Al Kalbi, Ibn A'tham and Al Waqidi were based on Abu Mikhnaf's Futuh Al Sham. Both Ibn ʿAsākīr and Al-Balādhurī traced their narratives back to Abū Mikhnaf. References Bibliography Robinson, Chase F. (2003), Cambridge University Press, External links Biodata at MuslimScholars.info 709 births 770s deaths 8th-century Arabs 8th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate 8th-century Arabic writers 8th-century people from the Umayyad Caliphate Azd People from Kufa 8th-century historians of the medieval Islamic world