Facilitator Scout

This book derives its utmost importance from the fact that it: facilitates and simplifies understanding of the contents of Ibn Khaldun's Kitab al-'Ibar wa Diwan al-Mubtada' wa al-Khabar fi Ayyam al-'Arab wa'l-'Ajam wa'l-Barbar wa man 'Asarahum min Dhat al-Sultan al-Akbar, with its famous introduction and six parts. It presents examples of these works to entice and benefit researchers and scholars, and to quench their curiosity about this tremendous contribution that astonished Arab philosophers, sociologists, and Orientalists, and established Ibn Khaldun's lofty status worldwide. It fills in the gaps and deficiencies in all the studies that have targeted Ibn Khaldun's book, and clarifies the ambiguity and confusion of what was obscure and ambiguous. It sheds light on Ibn Khaldun's Quranic terminology and connotations. It comes in all its parts in a size that is easy to carry, acquire, and review.