These are pretty unusual encomia for a 14th-century North African historian—but then Ibn Khaldun was an unusually gifted man. His Muqaddimah is a book-length introduction—or prolegomena—to a much ...

In Eric Ormsby’s review of Robert Irwin’s new book “Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography” (Books, March 17), he quotes Mr. Irwin’s critique of my earlier work of Ibn Khaldun (“The ...

An avid reader, great traveller, experienced politician and extraordinary historian, Ibn Khaldun was one of the greatest and most influential men in the medieval Arab World “He who has not seen ...

Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun, a 14th-century Muslim philosopher, is not only a pioneer in social sciences, but also an alternative, according to Recep Senturk, the president of the Ibn Haldun ...

“Empires age and decay in the course of three generations,” Ibn Khaldun warned. And while his theory referred to early-modern desert dynasties, it could easily apply to Walmart. (This wouldn ...

Ironically, the 14th century Arab and Muslim thinker and historian Ibn Khaldun, explains and justifies why the law defining the nation-ness of the state is necessary (as opposed to laws defining ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests Robert Hoyland, Robert Irwin and Hugh Kennedy discuss the life and ideas of the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests ...

1 The authorities shut down both the Ibn Khaldun Center and an affiliated organization promoting women’s voting rights, the Hoda Association.The trial of Saadeddin Ibrahim and his co-accused was ...

An avid reader, great traveller, experienced politician and extraordinary historian, Ibn Khaldun was one of the greatest and most influential men in the medieval Arab World “He who has not seen ...