Ibn khaldun
Abd-al-Rahman
[ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
Historical Examples
These remarkable words of ibn Khaldun will help us to understand the famous saying that poetry was the register of the Arabs.
The Literature of Ecstasy Albert Mordell
ibn Khaldun speaks of it as the capital of Bornu and as situated on the meridian of Tripoli.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8 Various
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