المنهج الخلدوني و موقعه من منهج البحث التاريخي الحديث

Abstract EN

Ibn Khaldun’s thought which was characterized by innovation in many of its aspects, has received a lot of attention by many researchers, studies, related to the various topics tackled in “Almuqaddaina”.

Historians, however, did not pay lbn Khaldun's historical thought enough attention so as to render prominent its important status in Khaldunian thought in general, and to reveal the fact that Ibn Khaldun was more of a historian than anything else; for Ibn Khaldun is a historian whose deep thought and wide knowledge of general hi¬story helped establish the subject of ‘the philosophy of history’.

The accuracy that he demanded in historiogrphy resulted in the establishment of‘Al-Omran’ now called sociology.

Thus, Al-Omran is no more than a criterion by which the truthfulness of historical data can be checked bv the historian.

Therfor, histo-rians ought to pay Al-niuqaddama as much attention as that paid by other scholars, for Al-muqaddama has dealt with many of the mistakes and lies in hi¬storiography and then can help researchers dcducc a distinguished historical method.

The present study attempts to carry out this deduction process.

It sta¬rts with a review of the Khaldunian classification of the historians in terms of their accuracy, honesty and methods, and the reasons that incited lbn Khaldun to study history and to detect the causes of its falsehood.

Next, the study presents the historical methods that have been deduced from Al-muqaddama and then compares it with the modern historical method and its steps which start with the characteristics of the historian and goes through the stages that he has to follow, and these iucludc.criticisin process, the verification of histo¬rical facts, the organization of these facts, and providing reasons and explanation.