THE MUQADDIMAH An Introduction to History

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

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Main Author: Ibn Khaldun (Author)
Other Authors: Rosenthal< Franz (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Priceton, NJ Priceton University Press 2020
Series:bollingen series
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Summary:he Mugaddimah (osal), often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ion 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:Translations of the author's introduction (Muqaddimah) to his Kitab al-'ibar
Physical Description:xiv, 463 pages illustrations 25 cm
ISBN:9789390804757