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Every work of the authors in the library’s orbit, in the reader or not: who wrote it, when, how it survives, where it can be read, and how it connects to other works. 82 so far. Where a field has not been checked against its source, it says so.
Checked on 2026-10-31
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TraditionAll (2)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (0)Sufism (0)Philosophy (1)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (0)Further afield (1)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)
GenreAll (16)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (1)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (0)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (14)The path (0)Lives and lineages (0)Prayer and litany (0)Lyric (0)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (1)
FormAll (1)Prose (1)Verse (0)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (0)
LanguageAll (1)Arabic (1)Persian (0)Greek (0)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (0)Chinese (0)Latin (0)Hebrew (0)Other (0)
PeriodAll (1)Archaic and classical Greek (0)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (0)Late antique (0)2nd century AH (0)3rd century AH (0)4th century AH (0)5th century AH (0)6th century AH (0)7th century AH (0)8th century AH (1)9th century AH (0)10th century AH (0)11th century AH (0)13th century AH (0)
In the readerAll (1)In the reader (0)Planned (0)Listed only (1)

1 of 82 works.

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Title ▲AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
Introduction to History (Prolegomena)المقدمةIbn KhaldūnOther, or not yet classed8th century AHArabicListed only

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Introduction to History (Prolegomena)

المقدمة

al-Muqaddima

Ibn Khaldūn (d. 808/1406)

Further afield · Other, or not yet classed · Arabic · 8th century AH · Listed only

Dynasties rise by ʿasabiyya and fall in about three generations;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
1377, Tunis, Qalʿat Ibn Salāma, Cairo (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Quatremère (Paris 1858); Dār Ṣādir ed. · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Franz Rosenthal (Princeton, Bollingen 1958; rev. 1967) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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