Over life size bust of Ibn Khaldun, which wears traditional simple clothes and turban, is located on "Rui Ali Belhouane" street in the middle of roundabout near city centre (medina) of city of Nabeul. This huge metal bust is placed on high stone pedestal, with small plaque with inscription.
Ibn Khaldun...
...was an Arab Muslim historiographer and historian, regarded to be among the founding fathers of modern historiography, sociology and economics.
He is best known for his book The Muqaddimah (known as Prolegomena in Greek). The book influenced 17th-century Ottoman historians like Hajji Khalifa and Mustafa Naima who used the theories in the book to analyze the growth and decline of the Ottoman Empire. 19th-century European scholars also acknowledged the significance of the book and considered Ibn Khaldun as one of the greatest philosophers to come out of the Muslim world.
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