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Also Known As	Walī al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan Ibn Khaldūn
Born	May 27, 1332 • Tunis • Tunisia
Died	March 17, 1406 (aged 73) • Cairo • Egypt
Subjects Of Study	North Africa • philosophy of history

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