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Works of Ibn Khaldun

Works of Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun reached defining theories in sociology about the laws of urbanization, the theory of nervousness, the building and fall of the state, and others. He also authored many works on history, arithmetic, and logic, which are:

  • The book (Lessons and Divan al-Mubtada wa al-Khabar fi the days of the Arabs, Persians, Berbers, and their contemporaries with the greatest authority), and it is one of his most famous books. Khaldun on geography, architecture, astronomy, and people's conditions and natures.
  • A book with a view to the pioneers in mentioning the kings from Bani Al-Wadi.
  • The news book on the state of the Tatars (The History of the Mongols from the Book of Lessons), which was published by Dar Al-Farabi in Beirut.
  • The book Ibn Khaldun and His Message to the Judges: Removing the Blame from the Rulers of Humankind, which was published by Dar Al-Watan in Riyadh.
  • Ibn Khaldun's Journey book, which was published by the Scientific Book House in Beirut.
  • Other books mentioned by Haji Khalifa in his book Kashf al-Zunun 529/5, namely: Summary of the Investigator by Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Sharh al-Rijz by Ibn al-Khatib fi al-Usul, Explanation of Ibn Abdun’s poem, Explanation of the poem of al-Barada, and Nature of Imran.

The Introduction of Ibn Kholdoon

In his introduction, Ibn Khaldun talked about human civilization, which included the need for cooperation between humans. He also talked about global warming, the weather and the morals of the population, food and its impact on morals, divine dignity and dreams, and the origins of human civilization, which included the sequence in building civilization, luxury, and tribal tribal rule. And the most appropriate religious rule for the Arabs, and others.

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The news about the state of the Tatars

In it, Ibn Khaldun talked about Genghis Khan, one of the Tatar kings, and about Prince Timur of Bani Jaqtay, and the state of Bani Doshi Han, and about the legend in the history of the Mongols, and the Tatars' takeover of the kingdoms of the Khwarizm Shah beyond the river and Khorasan, and the news of Jalal al-Din and his return from India and his takeover of Iraq.

Ibn Khaldun's Journey

In it, he talked about the journey to Andalusia, the return to the Far Maghrib, the stay with the children of Arif, the journey to the East, the jurisdiction of the judiciary in Egypt, the travel to spend the pilgrimage, the Sultan’s travel to the Levant, the meeting of Prince Tamr, the Sultan of the Mongols and the Tatars, and other topics.

Writers took from Ibn Khaldun

Many writers took on Ibn Khaldun; Where Taha Hussein wrote the book (Ibn Khaldun's Social Philosophy), Ali Al-Wardi wrote the book (Ibn Khaldun's Logic in the Light of His Civilization and His Personality), Muhammad Abed Al-Jabri wrote the book Ibn Khaldun's Thought: Asabiyyah and the State, and Taha Hussein wrote in French the book Ibn Khaldun's Social Philosophy: Analysis Criticism and other books.

Ibn Khaldun's retirement from people

Ibn Khaldun lived a life full of grief after the death of his parents, and many of his elders, as a result of their infection with the plague that spread all over the world in 749 AH / 1348 AD, and he devoted himself for four years to researching humanities away from people in his last years.

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Characteristics of Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun was well acquainted with what the ancients wrote about human conditions, and he was able to research and criticize opinions, and he was meticulous in observing, receptive to opinions that differed from his own, and an expert in political and administrative life and in the field of the judiciary, and his frequent movement between different countries such as Egypt, the Hijaz, and the Levant He made his writings on history objective.

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