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Ibn-Khaldūn
biographical name
Ibn-Khal·dūn
| \ ˌi-bən-ˌkal-ˈdün
, -ˌḵal-\
, -ˌḵal-\
Definition of Ibn-Khaldūn
1332–1406 Arab historian
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