Ibn Khaldun’s revolutionary thought within Kuhn’s concept of paradigm

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Objective : this paper attempts to take a non-traditional look at Iba Khakiun's innovative social science work in the muqaddimah or prolegomina (i.e., Introduction).

methods : we focus here on the crisis of the state of knowledge in the discipline of Arah History of which Ibn Khaldun was very critical Arab and Muslim historians had problems in the methodology and in the analysis of historical events, therefore, there was a pressing need to get out of the Arab Muslim History's crisis.

results : the muqaddimah's new fresh sociological perspective constitutes a new paradigm to meet that crisis according to Kuhn's terms.

this may be the first time that Ibn Khaldun's new science is considered a paradigm.

conclusion : Ibn Khaldun's paradigm sets the pace for reforming the science of Arab Muslim historiography.

the criterion of qus al matabaqa (conformity with reality) is the pillar for that reform.