Ibn Khald奴n 丕亘賳 禺賱丿賵賳 (full name, Arabic: 兀亘賵 夭賷丿 毓亘丿 丕賱乇丨賲賳 亘賳 賲丨賲丿 亘賳 禺賱丿賵賳 丕賱丨囟乇賲賷鈥�, Ab奴 Zayd 鈥楢bdu r-Ra岣膩n bin Mu岣mmad bin Khald奴n Al-岣岣峳ami; May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH 鈥� March 19, 1406 AD/808 AH) was an Arab Muslim historiographer and historian, regarded to be among the founding fathers of modern historiography, sociology and economics.
He is best known for his book The Muqaddimah (known as Prolegomena in Greek). The book influenced 17th-century Ottoman historians like 岣jj墨 Khal墨fa and Mustafa Naima who used the theories in the book to analyze the growth and decline of the Ottoman Empire.[2] 19th-century European scholars also acknowledged the significance of the book and considered Ibn Khaldun as one of the greatest philosophers to come out of the Muslim world.