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Ibn Khaldun

Arab historiographer and historian

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Ibn Khaldun was a male anthropologist, historian, judge, and autobiographer born in Tunis on 27 May 1332. He died in Cairo on 17 March 1406. His native name was عبد الرحمٰن بن مُحمَّد بن خلدون الحضرمي, and he was educated at Ez-Zitouna University. He practiced Islam and spoke Arabic. His fields of work included economics, sociology, philosophy, and anthropology.

His notable works include *Muqaddimah* and *The book of lessons*. He was influenced by Averroes. Other works attributed to him include *al-ʻUmrān al-badawī* and *Mukhtārāt min [miqaddimat] Ibn Khaldūn*. He had a sibling named Yahya Ibn Khaldun. He is described by sources such as the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.

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Born: 27 May 1332
Died: 17 March 1406
Works: 144

Top works

Kitāb al-ʻibar wa-dīwān al-mubtadaʾ wa-al-khabar f̣ī ayyām al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam ẉa-al-Barbar wa-man ʻāṣarahum min dhawī al-sulṭān al-al-akbar wa-huwa tarīkh waḥīd ʻaṣrih
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al-ʻUmrān al-badawī
Muqaddimat al-ʻallāmah Ibn Khaldūn
Mukhtārāt min [miqaddimat] Ibn Khaldūn

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Abd al-Rahman
Gender: male
Place of birth: Tunis
Place of death: Cairo
Sibling: Yahya Ibn Khaldun
Occupation: poet
Educated at: Ez-Zitouna University
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Islam
Notable work: The book of lessons
Field of work: history
Image: Bust of Ibn Khaldun (Casbah of Bejaia, Algeria).jpg

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Commons category: Ibn Khaldun
date of birth: 1332-05-27
date of death: 1406-03-16
name in native language: عبد الرحمٰن بن مُحمَّد بن خلدون الحضرمي
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topic's main category: Category:Ibn Khaldun
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influenced by: Averroes
Commons Creator page: Ibn Khaldun

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Ibn Khaldun, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Histoire des berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique septentrionale [Texto impreso]

Histoire de l'Afrique sous la dynastie des Aghlabites, et de la Sicile sous la domination musulmane. Texte arabe d'Ebn-Khaldoun, accompagne d'une trad. francaise et de notes par A. Noeh des Vergers

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Encyclopedic overview

Ibn Khaldun (27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732–808 AH) was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages, and is considered by a number of scholars to be a major forerunner of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography studies.

His best-known book is the Muqaddimah or Prolegomena ("Introduction"), which he wrote in six months as he states in his autobiography. It later influenced 17th-century and 19th-century Ottoman historians such as Kâtip Çelebi, Mustafa Naima and Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, who used its theories to analyze the growth and decline of the Ottoman Empire. Ibn Khaldun interacted with Tamerlane, the founder of the Timurid Empire.

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