Orientalistics: Podcast on Language, Religion and Culture

Author: Farshid Delshad

I am a linguist and scholar of Middle Eastern studies by profession, and in this podcast I offer a wide range of topics with a particular focus and historical linguistics, culture, religion and languages of the Middle East and the world of Islam. However, you might find here also philological subjects on Indo-European linguistics and Caucasian studies.
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What is Critical Historiography?
Thursday, 29 January, 2026

What is Critical Historiography?Modern historical research shows that no contemporary, non-Muslim sources document the life of Muhammad in the seventh century. The earliest surviving biography, Ibn Hisham’s Sīra, appears about two centuries later. Unlike Judaism, Christianity, or Zoroastrianism, early Islamic history relies almost entirely on later internal traditions, raising serious historiographical questions.بررسی تاریخ‌نگاری نشان می‌دهد هیچ منبع هم‌زمان و غیرمسلمان از سده‏ى هفتم به زندگی محمد پيامبر مسلمانان اشاره‏اى نمی‌کند. كهن‌ترین سیرهٔ باقی‌مانده حدود دویست سال پس از مرگ وى نوشته شده. برخلاف یهودیت، مسیحیت و آيين زرتشت، روایت آغازین اسلام عمدتاً بر منابع متأخر درون‌دینی تکیه دارد و نیازمند نقد تاریخی است⁠#historicalmethod⁠ ; ⁠#earlyislam⁠ ; ⁠#historiography⁠ ; ⁠#criticalhistory⁠ ; ⁠#religiousstudies⁠ ; ⁠#primarysources⁠