Islamic history books

Islamic History Books

Our Islamic history books category covers a wide spectrum of periods and regions, from the lives of the Prophets and Companions to classical Muslim civilisation and more recent historical studies. These titles help readers understand how Islamic teachings were lived out across different cultures and eras, and how past events continue to shape the present.

In this section you’ll find biographies of great scholars and leaders, accounts of key battles and dynasties, works on the spread of Islam in various lands, and studies of Muslim communities in the modern world. Many of these books complement our Seerah and Biographies & Memoirs categories, allowing you to build a rich picture of the past.

Studying the Past to Understand the Present

Islamic history can be read for inspiration, context and critical reflection. Use these books to deepen your understanding of how Muslims responded to challenges, built institutions and preserved knowledge. You may also wish to pair them with titles from General Islam to connect historical events with core principles.

If you need recommendations for introductory Islamic history books or more advanced academic works, please get in touch through our Contact page or visit us at Iqra Islamic Bookshop in Laudium.

  • 100 Stories About Hadhrat Abu Bakr

    100 Stories About Hadhrat Abu Bakr

    R60,00

    100 Interesting incidents in the life of Hadhrat Abu Bakr

  • 100 Stories Of Hadhrat Uthmaan

    100 Stories Of Hadhrat Uthmaan

    100 Stories Of Hadhrat Uthman from valid,Reliable and Authentic references.

  • 1001 Inventions & Awesome Facts About Muslim Civilisation

    1001 Inventions & Awesome Facts About Muslim Civilisation

    R500,00

    We often think that people from a thouand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from the 7th century onward in Muslim civilisation there were amazing advances and inventions that still influence our everyday lives. We often think that people from a thouand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from…

  • A Culture of Ambiguity: An Alternative History of Islam

    A Culture of Ambiguity: An Alternative History of Islam

    R950,00

    In the Western imagination, Islamic cultures are dominated by dogmatic religious norms that permit no nuance. Those fighting such stereotypes have countered with a portrait of Islam’s medieval “Golden Age,” marked by rationality, tolerance, and even proto-secularism. How can we understand Islamic history, culture, and thought beyond this dichotomy? In this magisterial cultural and intellectual…

  • A Treasury Of Aishah By: Sofia Rehman

    A Treasury Of Aishah By: Sofia Rehman

    R250,00

    Aisha bint Abu Bakr (RA) has been an inspiration and paragon for Muslims since the first generation of Believers emerged. Hailed as a guiding light, a fount of wisdom and a purveyor of the Prophetic mission, Aisha’s words have illuminated Islamic thought in all its branches. This book compiles 40 of her insights and statements…

  • A Treasury of Ibn Taymiyyah

    A Treasury of Ibn Taymiyyah

    R240,00

    This collection of wisdoms from the works of Ibn Taymiyyah reflects the range of his penetrative insight and wisdom. It aims to recast his work, which is often mistakenly associated with Islamic fundamentalism, for a new generation of Muslims who are seeking a path through the challenges of the modern age. With an emphasis upon…

  • A Treasury of Rumi

    A Treasury of Rumi

    R240,00

    The version of Rumi that has become known as ‘the best-selling poet in North America’ is not a true one. There are many sides to Jalal al-Din Rumi – scholar, preacher, saint, mystic, love poet, didactic poet, and spiritual master – but the version of him that became ‘the best-selling poet in North America’ lacks…

  • A Wound Unhealed

    A Wound Unhealed

    R450,00

    In 1982 Nick and Barbara Kerr visited Israel as a Christian Zionists. While there they met evangelical Palestinian Christians who told them that they could not support Christian Zionism as they felt that it contributed to their oppression. Thus began a search for the truth; biblical, historical, and political. Nick has engaged in comprehensive and…

  • Sale! African Written Heritage

    African Written Heritage

    Original price was: R230,00.Current price is: R200,00.

    Preserved African manuscripts represent a turning point in the history of Africa and its people. They stand as a living testimony of the highly advanced and refined civilization in the Sub-Saharan region. This is contrary to what Europeans thought for centuries about the absence of a written African history, literature and philosophy.  

  • Al-Rashidun

    Al-Rashidun

    R300,00

    The legacy of the greatest teacher the world has known, the greatest man to ever walk the Earth, the Messenger of Allah, is attested to by the greatness of his students: the Ṣaḥābah. None more so than his four successors, the four men famed as the Rightly Guided Caliphs. The Blessed Prophet’s words and deeds…

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    al-Shama’il al-Muhammadiyya of Imam al-Tirmidhi – Translation & Commentary by Abdul Aziz Suraqah and Mohammed Aslam

    R750,00

    Translation & Commentary by Abdul Aziz Suraqah and Mohammed Aslam The Shama’il al-Muhammadiyya of Imam al-Tirmidhi presents us detailed descriptions of the moral, physical and spiritual qualities of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The perfections that Allah bestowed upon the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ encompass every aspect of his blessed being: his outward physical form, his senses,…

  • Ash-Shaykh 'Izz-Ud-Din Al-Qassam Translated By: Mufti Abdullah Moolla

    Ash-Shaykh ‘Izz-Ud-Din Al-Qassam Translated By: Mufti Abdullah Moolla

    R165,00

    This book encapsulates the life of ‘Izz-Ud-Din Al-Qassam, Highlighting his scholarly background, resistance efforts, and enduring influence. it’s crafted to engage readers and pique their interest in the full narrative within the pages of the this book.

  • Aurangzeb

    Aurangzeb

    R700,00

    The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir is one of the most hated men in Indian history. Widely reviled as a religious fanatic who sought to violently oppress Hindus, he is even blamed by some for setting into motion conflicts that would result in the creation of a separate Muslim state in South Asia. In her lively…

  • Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi: A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World

    Beshara and Ibn ‘Arabi: A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World

    R600,00

    Investigating Sufi-inspired spirituality in the modern world, this interdisciplinary text combines cultural study with solid data to provide a comprehensive look at how the teachings of Ibn ‘Arabi have been adopted and adapted by Muslims and non-Muslims. At the heart of this movement is the Beshara School in Scotland, founded in the 1960s, and now…

  • Brief Life of the bleseed Prophet

    Brief Life of the bleseed Prophet

    R85,00

    The book “Brief life of the blessed prophet” is based on the Urdu book “Rehmat-e-Alam” by prominent Islamic Scholar Sayyid Sulaiman Nadvi. The main purpose of writing this book is to give chronologically historical facts in a rationalistic form, in such a simple language, even common readers can understand and evaluate “life” and great “services”…

  • Captive Of Malta

    Captive Of Malta

    R100,00

    Šhaykẖ al-Hind, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Maḥmūd Ḥassan Ṣāḥib Deobandi undertook many tireless journeys to Ḥijāz and Egypt in particular for the sake of upholding the Dīn. This book extensively discusses these travels of Ḥaḍrat and the great sacrifices Ḥaḍrat underwent for the sake of the Dīn to the extent of imprisonment as well.