International Journal Of History And Political Sciences

Reframing Historical Scholarship Through Gender: An Analytical Approach to Gendered Representation and Historiographical Change

2026-09-03T07:12:18+00:00

Historical scholarship is not a neutral record of past events but a process through which social experiences are selected, classified, interpreted, and represented. Gender provides a particularly significant analytical category for examining how historical narratives have privileged certain forms of social experience while marginalizing others. This research-and-review article examines the possibilities of reframing historiographical interpretations through a gender-sensitive analytical approach, using the historical development of Toronto’s suburbs, property relations, housing, immigration, social reform, and urban transformation as its principal field of analysis. The study employs a qualitative historiographical methodology based exclusively on the supplied historical and urban studies literature. The analytical framework connects four dimensions—spatial organization, property and housing, social regulation, and historical representation—to investigate how apparently gender-neutral historical processes can produce differentiated experiences. The literature demonstrates that suburban development was shaped by class, immigration, property ownership, institutional regulation, and cultural expectations, while the gendered implications of these processes require more explicit historiographical attention. Harris’s analysis of working-class immigrant suburbs particularly demonstrates how residential environments can be interpreted as products of intersecting social and economic forces rather than merely physical expansion (Harris, 1991). The findings suggest that gender-sensitive historiography can broaden conventional urban history by recovering overlooked experiences, interrogating assumptions of neutrality, and connecting domestic, spatial, economic, and institutional histories. The article concludes that gender should operate not simply as an additional subject of historical inquiry but as an interpretive framework capable of reshaping the questions, categories, and causal relationships through which historical change is understood.

Imam Al-Bukhari’s Methodology in The Acceptance of Hadiths

2026-09-16T13:10:06+00:00

This article explores the principles and obligations that Imam al-Bukhari set for himself before engaging in the study of hadith. These requirements and duties are indirectly relevant to every student of knowledge who seeks to specialize in the science of hadith. The paper also discusses Imam al-Bukhari’s methodology in the collection and classification of hadiths, as well as some of the key criteria he employed in determining the authenticity of narrations and in their transmission. Furthermore, it provides substantiated information regarding the structure and style of Al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaḥīḥ. In addition, the study analyzes the methods applied by Imam al-Bukhari and presents important insights into their practical implementation in the field of hadith studies.

The Role of Qusam Ibn Al-Abbas And the Sahaba In the Spread of Islam In Central Asia (Based on the Shah-i Zinda Complex)

2026-09-16T13:12:27+00:00

This article, based on historical sources, highlights the life of Qusam ibn Abbas ibn Abdulmuttalib — one of the noble companions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), his cousin, and the person most resembling him in appearance. It explores his journey to Central Asia, particularly Samarkand, his role in propagating Islam, and his martyrdom in this region. Furthermore, the paper analyzes the spiritual and educational significance of the world-famous Shah-i Zinda (Qusam ibn Abbas) complex in the Islamic world, its historical roots, and the stages of the spread of Islam in Mawarannahr, adhering to scientific and academic standardsby Imam al-Bukhari and presents important insights into their practical implementation in the field of hadith studies.