Abu-Hanifeh Dinawari is one of the most important historians of
the early Islamic centuries. He followed the general history method,
in Akhbar al-Tawal as a common historical method of his life time in
the third century AH.
This article will study the characteristics of historiography
of Abu Hanifeh from the sociological approach. As the article
mentions Dinawari focused on social transformation as his main
concern, while some critics argue that he merely concentrates on
uprisings and social protests as one of the main effective causes in
social transformation. The article, according to historical views of
Dinawari will review and responds to some of these critiques.