Ibn Khaldun

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Arab intellectual Islamic scholar economist historian human philosopher political theorist sociologist

Ibn Khaldun was a 14th-century Arab historian, philosopher, and sociologist best known for his pioneering work on historiography and social theory in his book "Muqaddimah."

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Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami 1

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instanceOf Arab intellectual ⓘ
Islamic scholar ⓘ
economist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
birthDate 1332-05-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Hafsid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hafsid Sultanate

Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Cairo ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 14th century ⓘ
citizenship Hafsid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hafsid Sultanate
concept asabiyyah ⓘ
rise and fall of civilizations ⓘ
deathDate 1406-03-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Cairo ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
educatedAt traditional Islamic schools in Tunis ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Medieval Islamic period
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
political science ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
fullName Ibn Khaldun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami
genre historical writing ⓘ
political thought ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
givenName Abd al-Rahman ⓘ
influenced historiography ⓘ
modern sociology ⓘ
social sciences ⓘ
influencedBy Islamic theology ⓘ
earlier Muslim historians ⓘ
knownFor Muqaddimah as a prolegomenon to history ⓘ
cyclical theory of dynasties and states ⓘ
foundational contributions to sociology ⓘ
pioneering work in philosophy of history ⓘ
theory of asabiyyah ⓘ
kunya Abu Zayd ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
madhhab Maliki ⓘ
movement Islamic philosophy ⓘ
name Ibn Khaldun self-link ⓘ
notableWork Kitab al-Ibar ⓘ
Muqaddimah ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
judge ⓘ
qadi ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
positionHeld Maliki chief judge in Cairo ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Maghreb
religion Islam ⓘ

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