Ibn Khaldun ( /ɪ b ən k æ l d u n / ; Larabci: أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي‎ الحضرمي , Abū Zayd ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī ; 27 Mayu 1332 - 17 Maris, 1406) ya kasance Balarabe kuma, malamin addinin Islama, masanin zamantakewar al'umma, masanin falsafa da masanin tarihi wanda aka bayyana shi a matsayin wanda ya kafa ilimin zamani na ilimin tarihi, ilimin halayyar jama'a, tattalin arziki, da kuma yanayin ɗabi'ar dan adam . Niccolò Machiavelli na Renaissance da masanan Turai na ƙarni na 19 sun yarda da mahimmancin ayyukansa kuma suna ɗaukar Ibn Khaldun a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan masana falsafa na Zamanin Zamani . Sanannen littafinsa, shine Muqaddimah wato("Gabatarwa"), wanda ya rubuta a cikin watanni shida kamar yadda ya faɗi a cikin tarihin kansa, mafi yawan masana tarihin Ottoman ƙarni na Sha bakwai (17) kamar Kâtip Çelebi, Ahmed Cevdet Pasha da Mustapha Naima, waɗanda tayi amfani da ka'idojin ta don nazarin ci gaba da faduwar Daular Ottoman .