The current study critically analyzes the Urdu historiography of Allam Shibli Numani who is considered one of the important Muslim historians during the era of decline when the Muslims of the sub-continent lost their glory and dignity in colonial India. The study aims to explore the principles and the foundations of the Urdu historiography laid by Allama Shibli as a modernist Muslim scholar. In the deteriorating situation, the Muslims of sub-continent retain their political identity with their Delhi-born Shibali powers. Maulana Shibli Nomani holds the most prominent and significant position in historiography among all the Indian historians who wrote history in the indigenous language during the 19th century. Born in 1858, Shibli received his early education in various institutions. After receiving his traditional Muslim education from another renowned scholar of the time. Later on Shibli finally entered the circle of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Shibli looked at the position of the Muslims and tried to strengthen them again according to the glorious period of the past. Hence Shibli worked on notable personalities and wrote biographies like Seerat-ul-Nabi, Al-Farooq and Al-Mammon etc.

Index Terms- Shibli, Historiography, Sub-Continent, Modernist, Muslims, Al-Farooq, Aligarh etc.

Title in Urdu: “Bar re Sagheer men Molana Shibli Nomani ki Urdu Tareekh Naveesi ka Tanqeedi Mutal’a”