The speed with which scholars disappear down the memory hole within the Islamic world is notable. Of course, it applies to other writers as well: we only have the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam because a British tourist found a copy in a garbage heap.
Ibn Khaldun is mentioned in Colin McEvedy's _Penguin Atlas of African History_, where he gets a paragraph or two. I've used that book in teaching--it's a great resource, but cognitively demanding.
The speed with which scholars disappear down the memory hole within the Islamic world is notable. Of course, it applies to other writers as well: we only have the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam because a British tourist found a copy in a garbage heap.
Nice post. Thanks!
Ibn Khaldun is mentioned in Colin McEvedy's _Penguin Atlas of African History_, where he gets a paragraph or two. I've used that book in teaching--it's a great resource, but cognitively demanding.