Ibn Khaldun, the fourteenth century Arab historiographer and historian, is viewed as a founder of modern historiography, sociology and economics.�He lived during a turbulent part of history, and out of his experiences of him, he �conceived and created a philosophy of history that was undoubtedly the greatest work ever created by a man of intelligence ...�.�This work tells of the period of unrerest in Ibn Khaldun's life marked by political rivalries.�It is during this turbulent period which provided him with the opportunity to write the Muqaddimah (or Prolegomena), earning him an immortal place among historians, sociologists and philosophers.�The author of this biographical piece, Mohammad Abdullah Enan (1896-1986) was one of the Arab world's most renowned contemporary historians.