Some of the historians have divided history in three ages:
1) The Earlier Ages
2) The Middle Ages
3) The Modern Ages
The Earlier Ages contain.historical account from the beginning of the world to the Roman rule. The Middle or Medieval Ages comprise the period from the last of Roman rule to the conquest of Constantinople (Istanbul) under Sultan Muhammad Usmani, the second.
From some great events are traced the periods of the occurrences of some other events, for nstance, such and such events occurred so many years after the birth of Adam, or so many years before or after the Deluge. Similarly, years are counted from the birth of Jesus Christ or Vikarmajeet, or the emigration of Muhammad ;l@; from Makkah to Al-Madinah or from the enthroning of a certain king. Currently, Christian or Hijrah Era is in vogue most of all.
History of Islam:
Among all the nations and religions of the world, from the beginning to the end, Islam alone is such a religion and Muslims alone are a nation which have their history wholly and solely preserved and intact, and no part thereof has ever been doubtful.
The Muslims have never from the days of the Prophet ;ji!, up to the present day, acted with negligence and carelessness in reducing states and events to writing and preserving them for days to come. The Muslims are, therefore, privileged to take pride in the fact that they can at any time, compile the whole history of Islam with the help of contemporary historians and eyewitnesses. Moreover, they can very safely show the similar statements about events with unbroken chain of different authoritative narrators.
In short, the Muslims are the only nation which has a complete, exhaustive and authentic history of its own, and no nation of the world can share this peculiarity and distinct feature of this nation. Historians of Islam have practiced as much caution as to take down the event and its nature as it were, without their personal opinion whatever so that the readers are influenced not the least with the views of the historian. Thus, the readers are at liberty to make their own decisions and form their own opinions in their own way, without toeing the line of thinking adopted by the historian. The greatness and glory of Islamic history exerts deeper impressions on heart when it is noticed that any time or any part of Islamic history can be safely put to the acid test of reasoning and it will pass off without any impurity, flaw and defect.
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