his cousin. Ibn Khaldun handed the city to him and retired to the city of Biskra. He would continue his political work in relaying the tribes to the service of this Emir or that Sultan. He would continue his practice of shifting loyalties as the times and opportunities afforded him. He ...
Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), in his well-known Muqaddima states in a categorical manner that in the fields of science and learning (intellectual endeavours) the part played by the Arabs was a very minor one, while that of the non-Arabs, i.e., ajams was very substantial and outstanding.127...
The plaque outside the university mentions distinguished philosophers likeAverroes (Ibn Rushd), historians likeIbn Khaldun, doctors-philisophers likeMaimonides, and Sufis and mystics likeAbu MadyanandAbd as-Salam ibn Mashishamongst those who studied and taught here. The only street in Fes where pol...