Scholar
Ibn Khaldun
Historian and social thinker who lived in Cairo
1332 – 1406
Lifespan; he lived in Cairo from 1382 CE until his death.
Biography
A historian born in Tunis who wrote the "Muqaddimah", explaining the rise and fall of states. He spent his last years in Cairo as a judge and teacher, and called it the "metropolis of the world".
Key facts
Certainty: Established
Ibn Khaldun lived in Cairo from 1382 CE until his death in 1406, serving several times as the Maliki chief judge.
- Carl F. Petry (ed.) (1998) “The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517” Cambridge University Press