At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
History-writing and social thought
Summary
Ibn Khaldun composed the «Muqaddima» in five months and finished it by the middle of 779 AH. He then revised it and added the histories of the Arabs and Berbers as the «Kitab al-'Ibar». 1
Method
He opens the Muqaddima by saying that history teaches us the conditions of past peoples, and he names his new science 'umran, human social organisation. 2
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn Khaldun
- Part of
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
People and things also explored
Ibn Khaldun's Audience with Timur beneath Damascus· Ibn Khaldun· Resurrection: Ertuğrul· Oh Islam· Yunus Emre: The Journey of Love· The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam· The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era· Disputing the count of raids and sariyas
Sources
- Muqaddimat Ibn Khaldun , p. 652
- Muqaddimat Ibn Khaldun , p. 22,48
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/muqaddima-completion-779/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-28.