Yahya ibn Khaldun

Abu Zakariyya Yahya bn Khaldun (c. 1333 – 1378/9) masanin tarihi musulmi ne na Arewacin Afrika. Kani ne ga shahararren malamin nan mai suna Abdurrahman ibn Khaldun[1].

An haifi Ibn Khaldun a Tunis, a lokacin babban birnin Hafsids, ga wani fitaccen dangin ilimi na asalin Andalusi. Babban tushen rayuwarsa shine tarihin ɗan'uwansa.

Ibn Khaldun ya yi karatu a karkashin al-Abili, wanda ke adawa da ikon mallakar ilimi ta jihar da ya yabo. Ya raba sha'awar tarihi tare da ɗan'uwansa, amma kuma yana da sha'awar Adab (belles lettres). A shekara ta 1356, ya bi ɗan'uwansa zuwa babban birnin Marinid na Fes, inda ya shiga cikin dabarun kotu. Ya zauna na ɗan lokaci a Bejaia kuma bayan 1362 ya zauna a Tlemcen a cikin aikin Sarki Abu Hammu II, wanda ya rubuta waƙoƙi.

A cikin 1364, sarkin Hafsid Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II ya kwace iko da Béjaïa .  An kama Ibn Khaldun kuma an kwace dukiyarsa. Ya tsere ya gudu zuwa Biskra, babban birnin Zab Emirate. A wannan lokacin, ya tafi aikin hajji zuwa kabarin Uqba ibn Nafi. Ya koma Tlemcen don ya zama sakataren Abu Hammu (katib al-insha) a cikin 1367  ko 1368.  A shekara ta 1370, ya sauya sheka zuwa Marinids, amma ya koma kotun Abu Hammu II a shekara ta 1373  ko 1374.  Rashin amincinsa ya haifar da kisan kai a kan matsin dan Abu Hammu kuma magaji,  . Mutuwarsa ta faru ne a lokacin Ramadan a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1378-Janairu na shekara ta 1379.

Babban aikin Ibn Khaldun shine ''Bughyat al-ruwad fi dhikr muluk min Bani Abd al-Wad, tarihin Daular Zayyanid har zuwa 1376, wanda aka keɓe ga Abu Hammu II. Inda ɗan'uwansa ya gabatar da Zayyanids a matsayin Berbers, Yahya ya ba su shahararren asalin Alid. Bughyat yana daya daga cikin mahimman tushe, kuma sau da yawa shine kawai tushe, don tarihin Arewacin Afirka na ƙarni na 14. Ya fi dacewa da rubuce-rubucen rubuce-aikacen ɗan'uwansa. Har ila yau, yana adana kwafin waƙoƙi da yawa.

 Dubi kuma 

 Zahr al-Bustan fi Dawlat Bani Ziyan Wasitat al-suluk fi siyasat al-muluk Manazarta 

 Ƙarin karantawa 

 [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9]  (1904-1913) Bughyat al-ruwwad fi dhikr al-muluk min Bani ʿAbd al-Wad'', 2 vols. Algiers: Kamfanin buga littattafai na Gabas Pierre Fontana. Fassarar Larabci da fassarar Faransanci.