Introduction
The errors of history and the new science: Introduction to the Muqaddimah
Ibn Khaldun's theory of state formation
Ibn Khaldun and modern sociology: an aborted tradition
Pre-modern readings and applications of Ibn Khaldun
A Khaldunian theory of Muslim reform
Ibn Khaldun and the Ottoman modes of production
The rise and fall of the Safavid state in a Khaldunian framework
A Khaldunian perspective on modern Arab states: Saudi Arabia and Syria
Towards a Khaldunian sociology of the state
Bibliographic remarks and further reading

The writings of Ibn Khaldun, particularly the Muqaddimah (Prolegomenon) have rightly been regarded as being sociological in nature. For this reason, Ibn Khaldun has been widely regarded as the founder of sociology, or at least a precursor of modern sociology. While he was given this recognition, however, few works went beyond proclaiming him as a founder or precursor to the systematic application of his theoretical perspective to specific historical and contemporary aspects of Muslim societies in North Africa and the Middle East. The continuing presence of Eurocentrism in the social sciences has not helped in this regard: it often stands in the way of the consideration of non-Western sources of theories and concepts