The insight and method of the historiography of Qazi Noorullah Shushtri in the Majalis al-Mu'minin

Noorullah Shoushtari has described the history of Shiism in Majalis al-Mu'minin. In this book, he describes his insights and basics of historiography in the form of describing the "purpose" and "subject" of historiography and the need to pay attention to audience studies and speaks of the necessity of reviewing the narrations of the book Majalis al-Mu'minin. Shushtari's method of historiography in this book is "the combined method", which in some cases is accompanied by "the analytical method" because he defines the subject and purpose of historiography and selects narrations that are similar to his views on the history of Shiism in pre-Safavid Iran through comparison and argument to reveal the truth she wants to the readers. Shushtari has used various methods of historical compilation to compile history, such as compiling history on the issues of cities, genealogy, governments, and especially compiling history by class In such a way that the method of compiling and arranging the book of Majalis al-Mu'minin can be called an Encyclopedic style. This research aims to study and analyze the insight and Historiographical method of Noorullah Shoushtari in the Majalis al-Momenin. This research aims to show Shushtari’s initiative in writing Shiite history and culture. The research method is descriptive-analytical using library studies. The result of the research shows that despite the criticisms of the historiography of Noorullah Shoushtari, he can be considered one of the founders of purposeful research in Shiite history because he sought to defend Shiism in the form of describing the actions and activities of Shiites.