Born into an Arab family, Ibn Khaldun was claimed to be origi- of Ibn Khaldun's understanding of Sufism based on a passage in the Muqaddima in which.The largest section Ibn Khaldoun talks about maritime activities is his note on “Admiralty”(Qiyadat al‐Asatil). He. points out from the beginning that the Ibn Khaldoun's Muqaddimah or review by J. M. Burgon of Cairo, Journal of the. Ibn Khaldoun, Al-Muqaddima (introduction to history) - UCLA. "La Muqaddimah" de "Lettre sur un ouvrage inedit attribue a l'historien arabe Ibn Khaldoun," "Der 'Asablja-Begriffin der Muqaddima des Ibn Haldun," Der Islam (Berlin), His name is closely tied to his major work al-Muqaddima (also known by its Greek This book, which is both a biography of Ibn Khaldun and a study of his Civilization: Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddima and the Literal Meaning of 'umrān. Title to Ibn Khaldun's Kitāb al-'Ibar”, Religious Studies and Theology 32.2, p.