ABDERRAHMAN IBN KHALDUN
\ˈabdɪɹˌɑːmən ˈa͡ɪbən kˈɑːldʌn], \ˈabdɪɹˌɑːmən ˈaɪbən kˈɑːldʌn], \ˈa_b_d_ɪ_ɹ_ˌɑː_m_ə_n ˈaɪ_b_ə_n k_ˈɑː_l_d_ʌ_n]\
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An Arabic historian, descended from a noble family of Seville; born in Tunis, 1322; died at Cairo, 1406. He occupied high official positions at the courts of various Mahometan princes, and is considered the greatest of Arabic historians, his chief work being a history of the Arabs and Berbers in several volumes, with a philosophical introduction to the science of history.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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