Does studying Jewish history count as Torah? For example, could one study it on Tish'a B'av or in an unclean place or before saying Birkas HaTorah?
It seems clear that the stories included in the Talmud would be considered Torah. But it's less obvious that a history book published by ArtScroll would.
Does it depend on whether the text includes halachic content as well? Does it matter who wrote/taught the history? If there's a lesson to be learned from it? If the history is about all Jews or only about some? (For example, what about biographies?)
Or maybe there's no distinction, and all history [is/is not] considered Torah.
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