Kitab al-ibar, wa diwan al-mobtadae wa al-khabar
Documentary heritage submitted by Morocco and recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2011.
© Comité marocain Mémoire du Monde
Foum Chenna
This is the fifth volume from seven of a treaty in history. This composite manuscript is about social and political history while leading a profound reflection on the logic of emergence constitution and states decay.
It is considered either as a pioneering work in sociology or treaty of political philosophy. For historians this manuscript is a major work of history in general and from the Arab Muslims countries in particular.
The author of this handwritten work is Ibn Khaldun [Waliy eddine Abderrahmane Ibn Abu Zayd Ibn Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Jabir ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Khalid ibn Abderrahman (Khaldoune) al-Hadrami (1332/1406 - 732/808 h)].