ibn Khaldun

[ ib-uhn khahl-doon ]

/ ˌɪb ən xɑlË?dun /

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noun

Abd-al-RahÂ·man

[ahb-dahl-rah-mahn], /É‘b dÉ‘lË?rÉ‘ mÉ‘n/, 1332â€“1406, Arab historian and philosopher.

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In that attack, the Scooter Killer's first, the paratrooper, Ibn Ziaten, had sought to sell his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.
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The soldier killed in Toulouse, Imad Ibn-Ziaten, 30, was of Moroccan origin.
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This phrase, says Ibn Khallikan, afterwards became a proverb.
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Thus the cautious encyclopÃ¦dia; but Ibn Khallikan has no such hesitancy.
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I have not borrowed much from Ibn Khallikan's heroics, but this is good.
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It is in the sect of Abdullah ibn MaymÅ«n that we must seek the model for Weishaupt's system of organization.
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The remarks of Ibn Batuta (c. 1332) already suggest the present state of things, viz.
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British Dictionary definitions for ibn Khaldun

ibn-Khaldun

/ (ËŒÉªbÉ™nËŒkÉ‘Ë?lË?duË?n) /

noun

1332â€“1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam

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