THE MUQADDIMAH An Introduction to History

he Muqaddimah (المقدمة), often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fie...

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Main Author: Ibn Khaldun (Author)
Other Authors: Rosenthal, Franz (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press 2020
Series:Bollingen series 43
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Summary:he Muqaddimah (المقدمة), often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including the philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography, and economics
Item Description:Translation of the author's introduction (Muqaddimah) to his Kitāb al-ʻibar
Physical Description:cxv, 481 pages 24 cm
ISBN:9789390804740