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Ibn Khaldoun - the world’s most renowned Muslim thinker

Ibn Khaldun, observer of his time

The references in admiration of Ibn Khaldun come from thinkers of different times and places.

"The life of Ibn Khaldun is a clear reflection of the world to which he belonged. A world that was full of reminders of the fragility of human effort. His career showed just how unstable the interest groups that kept the dynasties in power actually were. The meeting with Timur (Tamerlane) near Damascus showed the extent to which the rise of a new power could affect life in towns and villages".

A. Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples

Estatua Ibn Jaldun - Tunez -  © Fundación El Legado Andalusí
Estatua Ibn Jaldun - Tunez - © Fundación El Legado Andalusí

The First Modern Historian

The exhibition's exploration of the century in question centres on Ibn Khaldun - the world's most renowned Muslim thinker - in 2006, the 6th century of his death. Ibn Khaldun had al-Andalus ancestry and he got to know Andalusia living in the Nasrid court of Mohammed V. He was later sent by the court as ambassador before Pedro I "the cruel" in Seville, where he met with the monarch in the Alcázar. He was a social historian and celebrated author of Muqqadima. He does not limit himself to a history of events as his predecessors had done. He was a historian concerned by the logic of empires, by their rise and fall and he made a considerable contribution to reflections on the formation of states. He belonged to a decisive period in the history of nations, where the West would take the lead, mainly on account of innovations regarding economy and social organisation. Ibn Khaldun is considered the first modern historian.

 

al-Muqaddima - Ibn Khaldun’s most representative work

Route Ibn Jaldún

Route Ibn Jaldún © Fundación El Legado Andalusí
Route Ibn Jaldún © Fundación El Legado Andalusí

 

Source: Fundación El Legado Andalusí

al-Muqaddima - Ibn Khaldun’s most representative work
al-Muqaddima - Ibn Khaldun’s most representative work