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**HRS1H7gO** · 07-13-2010, 01:06 AM

Wasn't it the case that the Muqaddimah was almost forgotten until the French found it on a bookshelf in Morocco?

Sometime I think it's a pity ibn Khaldun lived in the Maghreb frontiers. If he had lived in Baghdad or Egypt, the book might have become more famous.

salaam

He did later in his life he went to stay in Egypt - he regarded it as a great place and was appointed qadi there. He also met Tamerlane. He was also a maliki scholar - does anyone know his fiqh or Islamic work? The Muqaddimah can be found on the internet by the way.

I believe his work is incrediblly influential for western historians and western acdemics and your right about the french actually took his book seriously - the muslims on the other hand didnt. His theory of assabiya is a famous one.

peace

07-13-2010, 01:06 AM	#19
HRS1H7gO Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	Wasn't it the case that the Muqaddimah was almost forgotten until the French found it on a bookshelf in Morocco? Sometime I think it's a pity ibn Khaldun lived in the Maghreb frontiers. If he had lived in Baghdad or Egypt, the book might have become more famous. salaam He did later in his life he went to stay in Egypt - he regarded it as a great place and was appointed qadi there. He also met Tamerlane. He was also a maliki scholar - does anyone know his fiqh or Islamic work? The Muqaddimah can be found on the internet by the way. I believe his work is incrediblly influential for western historians and western acdemics and your right about the french actually took his book seriously - the muslims on the other hand didnt. His theory of assabiya is a famous one. peace
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