Printer friendly version IBN KHALDUN His Life and Work 1332 - 1406 / 732 - 808 BY Muhammad Hozien TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Childhood and his Early Years In Tunisia and Morocco In Morocco and Spain From Spain to Tunisia Adventures in North Africa Map of Ibn Khaldun's Travels (illustration) To Egypt Meeting Tamerlane The world at Ibn Khaldun's time (illustration) Final Days in Egypt The ...

Macquarie University POL167: Introduction to Political Theory Islamic political thought: Ibn Khaldun Copyright 1996 R.J. Kilcullen Ibn Khaldun lived in north Africa 1332-1406, about a generation after William of Ockham. His Muqaddimah ('Introduction', namely to a work of history) originated as an attempt to work out how to decide whether historical sources are credible. An important question to ...

An essay presenting arguments for including Ibn Khaldun in a social theory syllabus ...