Ibn Khaldun

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

Tunis ⓘ
burialPlace Cairo ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 14th century ⓘ
citizenship Hafsid Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Hafsid dynasty
concept asabiyyah ⓘ
rise and fall of civilizations ⓘ
deathDate 1406-03-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Cairo ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
educatedAt traditional Islamic schools in Tunis ⓘ
era Medieval Islamic period ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
political science ⓘ
social theory ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
fullName Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
notableWork Kitab al-Ibar ⓘ
Muqaddimah ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
judge ⓘ
qadi ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
positionHeld Maliki chief judge in Cairo ⓘ
region Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
religion Islam ⓘ

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