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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J.
Princeton University Press
2020
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| Series: | Bollingen series
43 |
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Add Tag | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Translation of the author's introduction (Muqaddimah) to his Kitāb al-ʻibar |
| Physical Description: | cxv, 481 pages 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789390804740 |
The muqaddimah an introduction to history