Ibn Khaldun & Timur

Did Ibn Khaldun and Timur live at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Khaldun and Timur lived at the same time for 73 years, from 1332 to 1405.^[1][2][3][4]

Ibn Khaldun · Timur · Born in 1332 · Born in 1328

Ibn Khaldun

1332–1406

Philosophy & Thought

Historian and author of the Muqaddimah

Timur

c. 1328–1405

Politics & Leadership

Turco-Mongol conqueror of Central Asia

How Ibn Khaldun and Timur Are Connected

• Ibn Khaldun was lowered over the walls of besieged Damascus by ropes to negotiate with the conqueror Timur, who questioned him in detail about the Maghreb.^[1]
• The historian Ibn Khaldun met Timur in person in Damascus in 1401, and later praised him for unifying much of the Muslim world.^[3]

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