Khaldun and the Bedouin: The End of a Way of Life(USE AS GUIDE ONLY)

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Khaldun and the Bedouin: The End of a Way of Life

Anyone who has ever watched a movie set in the deserts of the Middle East has
probably seen the exotic, but familiar representation of the area’s nomads. These
nomads, known as Bedouins, are almost always shown in traditional dress and riding
camels through the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert. While this image of the
precarious lifestyle of the Bedouin may have been accurate at some point in time, with
the incursion of modernity, expanding cities, and the complications of living such a
close and isolated lifestyle, this nomadic group ma y be slowly slipping into the annals
of time.
The medieval writer Ibn Khaldun might be one of the most important people to
have ever documented the sociology and history of the Muslim people. Ibn Khaldun
was born in Tunis in 1332 and, having been born into a family of scholars and
politicians, was well educated (Hozien). He spent more than five months writing the
introduction to his famous book about universal history (Hozien). This impressive
introduction is known as The Maqaddimah: An Introduction to History and is a
compilation of Khaldun’s great wisdom, experience and includes much of his personal
knowledge about the nomadic and tribal Bedouin people. While Khaldun discusses
many different topics in his Introduction, it is his discourse

Khaldun and the Bedouin: The End of a Way of Life
A. Harris

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Made on: 29-01-2020
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