Ibn Taqtaqi's Insight and Method of History Writing

The main purpose of this writing is to investigate the insight and method of Ibn Taqtaqi in writing history in his book, ‘Fakhri History’. This methodology shows us one of the systematic models of writing history based on theoretical backgrounds and devoid from any prejudices. Ibn Taqtaqi is one of the people who intend to give norms for history. His position in the first chapter of his book is a philosophical look. Mentioning some historical reasoning and demonstrations in this chapter and using them while talking about events shows his search for logic in history. The social and political-cultural circumstances of the time have been effective in formation and writing of ‘Fakhri History’, but it is not considered a sufficient condition, rather, along this factor, his personal tendencies and the creativity of his mind have been important as well. Investigating this issue need an independent research with a psychological-social approach that needs a separate article.