Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Khaldūn, Ibn Khaldûn, or Ibn Khaldoun (732H/1332 CE –808H/1406CE) is an eminent social historian, philosopher, jurist, and thinker born in what is now known as Tunisia, and lived in al-Andalus (Spain), Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and Syria. He contributed original ideas in the many areas of inquiry including groundbreaking theories in the fields of historiography, jurisprudence, sociology, and economics.

Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Khaldūn, Ibn Khaldûn, or Ibn Khaldoun (732H/1332 CE –808H/1406CE) is an eminent social historian, philosopher, jurist, and thinker born in what is now known as Tunisia, and lived in al-Andalus (Spain), Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and Syria. He contributed original ideas in the many areas of inquiry including groundbreaking theories in the fields of historiography, jurisprudence, sociology, and economics.