Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun, full name Abu Zayd 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami (عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي), May 27, 1332/ah732 to March 19, 1406/ah808) was a famous Tunisian historiographer and historian born in what is modern day Tunisia, and is widely acclaimed as a forerunner of modern historiography, sociology and economics. He is best known for his Muqaddimah (Prolegomena).

Bibliography

• Ibn Khaldun: The Muqaddimah: an Introduction to History. Translated from the Arabic by Franz Rosenthal. 3 vols. New York: Princeton 1958.
• Ibn Khaldun: The Muqaddimah: an Introduction to History. Trans Franz Rosenthal, ed N.J. Dawood. 1 vol (abridged) 1967.
• Muhsin Mahdi: Ibn Khaldun's Philosophy of History. London 1957.
• Walter Fischel, Ibn Khaldun in Egypt; his public functions and his historical research, 1382-1406; a study in Islamic historiography. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1967.
• Mahmoud Rabi', The political theory of Ibn Khaldun, Leiden 1967
• Ibn Khaldun: al-Ta'rîf bi-ibn Khaldûn wa rihlatuhu gharban wa-sharqan. Published by Muhammad ibn Tâwît al-Tanjî. Cairo 1951. (Autobiography, Arabic)