At-Tabarī
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838–923) is known for writing a detailed and comprehensive chronicle of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history in his "History of the Prophets and Kings" in 915. Abu al-Hasan 'Alī al-Mas'ūdī (896–956), known as the "Herodotus of the Arabs", was the first to combine history and scientific geography in a large-scale work, "Muruj adh-dhahab wa ma'adin al-jawahir" ("The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems"), a book on world history.