Ibn Khaldūn

Japanese: イブン･ハルドゥーン（英語表記）Ibn Khaldūn

1332‐1406
A representative Arab historian of the Islamic world. Born in Tunis. His ancestors were of South Arab descent and were ruling nobles of Seville, but fled to Tunis in the mid-13th century. After studying various subjects at a young age, he served the sultans of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, leading a turbulent political life, but he retired from the world due to his sadness and wrote the extensive "Al-Muqaddima" and "Kitāb al-'ibar", which is equivalent to world history. In 1382, he moved to Cairo under the Mamluk dynasty, where he became a professor at the academy and served in the administration of justice as the great qadi of the Maliki faction. During that time, he joined the defense forces against Timur's invasion of Western Asia, and met Timur on the outskirts of Damascus.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1332‐1406
イスラム世界を代表するアラブの歴史家。チュニス生れ。祖先は南アラブ系でセビリャの支配貴族であったが，13世紀半ばにチュニスに亡命した。幼くして諸学を修めた後，北アフリカ，イベリア半島の諸スルタンに仕え，波乱万丈の政治生活を送ったが，その悲哀を感じて隠退するとともに，膨大な《歴史序説al‐Muqaddima》と世界史に当たる《イバルの書Kitāb al‐‘ibar》を著した。1382年，マムルーク朝下のカイロに移住し，学院の教授になったり，マーリク派の大カーディーとして裁判行政に尽くしたりしたが，その間，ティムールの西アジア遠征に対する防衛軍に加わり，ダマスクス郊外でティムールと会見したことがある。

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