Abulhassan Masudi Baghdadi (about 280-346 Lunar calendar)

The most important duty of a historian is to rightfully record the events and refrain from any bios. Masudi, the major historian of his time, observed the same requirement in his works; he has recorded the events of his time like a judge without any partiality. Most of the writings of Masudi have been lost including the book entitled, ''Akhbar Al-Zaman" in thirty volume; only one volume of this book is available which is entitled, ''Moroj Al-Zahab". However, this work and the other available book entitled, ''Al-Tanbih wa Al-Ishraf" are so well-written that they reflect the author's expertise and skillfulness. In this two books, Masudi has tried to record the events occurred during the life of the Prophet (a.s) and the ones happened after his demise without any prejudice. He explains, ''anyone who reads this book shall be aware that I did not support any religion and neither did I support any saying''; that is why it is not easy to indicate Masudi's religion, and only a few of the historians of his time pointed to his religion. This character of Masudi goes back to his good spirit and his non-bios approach. He can be introduced to Islamic society as one of the proximity seekers. The present paper attempts to introduce Masudi's personality in order to take a step towards unity among Islamic religions.