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History’s earliest critical study, laying foundations for sociology and more.

The Muqaddimah

An Introduction to History (Unabridged Edition, Volume 2)

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    492 pages

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    18 August 2026

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Summary

Volume two of the classic Islamic history of the world, now available to a new generation of readers in a fully unabridged edition

Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn, The Muqaddimah, or ‘Introduction’, is the earliest critical study of history. Though intended as the preface and first book of a world history, it is a wholly self-contained work, one that laid the foundations for fields of knowledge ranging from the philosophy of h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691281964
ISBN-10:0691281963
Author:Ibn Khaldûn, Franz Rosenthal
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:492
Release Date:18 August 2026
Weight:689g
Dimensions:156mm x 235mm
Series:Bollingen Recollections
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About The Author

Ibn Khaldûn

Ibn Khaldûn (1332–1406) was a prominent scholar, statesman, diplomat, and teacher, widely regarded as one of the greatest intellectuals in the history of the Arab world.

Franz Rosenthal (1914–2003) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Arabic at Yale University.

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