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The Muqaddimah
An Introduction to History (Unabridged Edition, Volume 1)
Series: Bollingen Recollections
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Volume one 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...
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Volume one 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 history to sociology and ethnography, and has influenced writers such as Frank Herbert, Bruce Chatwin, and Naguib Mahfouz.
A three-volume English translation by the eminent Islamicist Franz Rosenthal was first published in 1958 as part of the Bollingen Series, garnering immediate international acclaim. A one-volume abridged version followed in 1969. Now the complete unabridged edition of Rosenthal's masterful translation is available again in three beautiful volumes, reintroducing this monumental study of history to twenty-first century audiences.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9780691281919
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 May 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Illustration: 7 b/w illus. 1 map.
Contributors:
- Translated by Franz Rosenthal
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 844g
Pages: 606
About the Author
Ibn Khaldn (13321406) 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 (19142003) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Arabic at Yale University.
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