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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1967.
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The first complete English translation of the introduction to a history of the world by the 14th-century Islamic scholar and statesman Ibn Khaldûn.
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A philosophical text on the uses and meaning of the study of history, written in 1377. It includes historical descriptions as well. Ibn Khaldun was an Andalusian who moved to the Maghrib after the fall of Seville to the Spanish. He spent the last 20 years of his life in Egypt.
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abridgement of the three-volume set translated from Arabic by Franz Rosenthal. Show Less
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Original publication date
1377
1958
Physical description
27 cm
ISBN
0691097976 / 9780691097978
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