ibn Khaldun

[ ib-uhn khahl-doon ]

noun

1. Abd-al-Rah·man [ahb-dahl-, rah, -mahn], 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.

ibn-Khaldun

/ ˌɪbənˌkɑːlˈduːn /

noun

1. ibn-Khaldun13321406MArabHISTORY: historianPHILOSOPHY: philosopher 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar ( Book of Examples ) is a history of Islam

Example Sentences

These remarkable words of Ibn Khaldun will help us to understand the famous saying that poetry was the register of the Arabs.

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Ibn Khaldun speaks of it as the capital of Bornu and as situated on the meridian of Tripoli.

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