Ibn Khaldun, North African Muslim Historian(1332-1406)

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sculpture by Patrick Morelli

Just the Facts:

• Name: Abū Zayd 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun al-Hadram
• Known as: Ibn Khaldun
• Birth: May 27, 1332, Tunis, Tunisia
• Death: March 19, 1406, Cairo, Egypt
• Language: Arabic
• Who he was: North African Muslim historian; Muqaddimah (part I of a history of the world, Kitāb al-'Ibar)

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