Мукаддима Введение в историю

The Muqaddimah (Princeton Classics)

Ибн Халдун (Ibn Ibn Khaldûn)

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction to the 2005 Edition

From the Translator’s Introduction to the 1958 Unabridged Edition

Invocation

Foreword

The Introduction: The excellence of historiography. An appreciation of the various approaches to history. A glimpse of the different kinds of errors to which historians are liable. Why these errors occur

Book One: of the Kitâb Al-‘ibar The nature of civilization. Bedouin and settled life, the achievements of superiority, gainful occupations, ways of making a living, sciences, crafts, and all the other things that affect civilization. The causes and reasons thereof

Chapter 1: Human civilization in general

First Prefatory: Discussion

Second Prefatory Discussion: The parts of the earth where civilization is found. Some information about oceans, rivers, and zones

Third Prefatory Discussion: The temperate and the intemperate zones. The influence of the air upon the colour of human beings and upon many other aspects of their condition

Fourth Prefatory Discussion: The influence of climate upon human character

Fifth Prefatory Discussion: Differences with regard to abundance and scarcity of food in the various inhabited regions and how they affect the human body and character

Sixth Prefatory Discussion: The various types of human beings who have supernatural perception either through natural disposition or through exercise, preceded by a discussion of inspiration and dream visions

Chapter 2: Bedouin civilization, savage nations and tribes and their conditions of life, including several basic and explanatory statements