ibn Khaldun

[ ib-uhnkhahl-doon ]

noun

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

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How to use ibn Khaldun in a sentence

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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British Dictionary definitions for ibn-Khaldun

ibn-Khaldun

/ (ˌɪbənˌkɑːlˈduːn) /

noun

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

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