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Ibn Khaldun

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Ibn Khaldun was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist.

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Birth Year
1332 1
Birth Date
1332-05-27 1
Death Date
1406-03-17 1
Role
Role (category)
Writer / Scholar 1
Role (category)
Philosopher 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
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During the 1400-1401 siege of Damascus, Ibn Khaldun personally negotiated with Timur (Tamerlane) and later wrote reports on Timur's character for the Marinid rulers in Fez.

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  • Lead section
    Ibn Khaldūn (27 May 1332 - 17 March 1406, 732-808 AH) was an Arab Tunisian scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist.
  • Infobox (born)
    27 May 1332
  • Infobox (died)
    17 March 1406
  • Ibn Khaldun: Gender
    He is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages, and is considered by a number of scholars to be a major forerunner of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography studies.
  • Wikipedia biography, role/occupation stated in lead section (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
  • lead paragraph and infobox
    Ibn Khaldūn (27 May 1332 - 17 March 1406, 732-808 AH) was an Arab Tunisian scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist.
  • Associated With: Timur, Later life
    Ibn Khaldūn remained at the besieged city for seven weeks, being lowered over the city wall by ropes to negotiate with Timur, in a historic series of meetings that he reported extensively in his autobiography.
  • In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
    Ibn Khaldūn (27 May 1332 - 17 March 1406, 732-808 AH) was an Arab Tunisian scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist.
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