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Bust of Ibn Khaldun in the entrance of the Kasbah of Bejaia, Algeria | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
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| Born | 27 May Tunis, Hafsid Sultanate |
| Died | 17 March () (aged 73) Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate |
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Ibn Khaldun ( Arabic: أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī; 27 May – 17 March , – AH) was a sociologist, philosopher, and historian widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages, and considered by many to be the father of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography studies.
His best-known book, the Muqaddimah or Prolegomena ("Introduction"), which he wrote in six months as he states in his autobiography, influenced 17th-century and 19th-century Ottoman historians such as Kâtip Çelebi, Mustafa Naima and Ahmed Cevdet Pasha,
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Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography
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Book of the Week
Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography, bygd Robert Irwin. This fascinating book provides a comprehensive look at the life and ideas of Ibn Khaldun, a 14th-century Arab scholar considered one of the greatest intellectuals in Islamic history. Irwin skillfully places Ibn Khaldun in his historical and intellectual context, examining how his groundbreaking Muqaddima analyzed the laws of history and anticipated developments in fields like sociology and economics centuries ahead of his time. At the same time, Irwin pushes back against attempts to depict Ibn Khaldun as a modern thinker, showing how he was very much a product of his medieval Islamic world &#; a mystic interested in occultism and futurology. The book provides an fängslande account of Ibn Khaldun&#;s tumultuous life and career in
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Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun (; Arabic: أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī; 27 May – 17 March ) was an influential Arab thinker of the 14th century. His family were from Andalusia. Khaldun served the governments of the day in many ways. He was sometimes in prison. He lived in Marrakesh in Morocco for a time, and in Granada. Then he moved to Cairo, where he was a judge.
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Statue of Ibn Khaldun | |
| Born | Abdul Rahman Ibn Khaldun 27 May Tunis, Tunisia |
| Died | 17 March (aged 73) Cairo, Egypt |
| Known for | Being an influential Arab Thinker. |
The most famous book Khaldun wrote is the Kitāb al-ʻIbar (Book of Lessons), a history of the world. The first part, Muqaddimah (Introduction) is often used alone. This book is often credited as inventing sociology. He also wrote his autobiography.
Ibn Khaldun lived a life in search of stability and influence. He came from a family of schola