Ibn Khaldun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ibn Khaldun

Arab historiographer and historian

Date of Birth: 27-May-1332

Place of Birth: Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1406

Profession: judge, politician, economist, historian, sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher, autobiographer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ibn Khaldun (; Arabic: ??? ??? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ?? ????? ????????, Abu Zayd ‘Abd ar-Ra?man ibn Mu?ammad ibn Khaldun al-?a?rami; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406) was a leading Tunisian Arab historiographer and historian.
He is widely considered as a forerunner of the modern disciplines of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography.He is best known for his book, the Muqaddimah or Prolegomena ("Introduction").
The book influenced 17th-century Ottoman historians like Kâtip Çelebi, Ahmed Cevdet Pasha and Mustafa Naima, who used the theories in the book to analyze the growth and decline of the Ottoman Empire.
19th-century European scholars acknowledged the significance of the book and considered Ibn Khaldun to be one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages.
His work also had an influence on modern 20th-century economics, most notably the supply-side economics of thinkers such as Arthur Laffer and Ronald Reagan.