Şahin, Elena: The Grand Critic of Ibn Khaldūn. Ibn al-Azraq and His Ideal Sultanate. Leiden: Brill 2024 (= Islamicate Intellectual History 13). € 119,00. ISBN 978-90-04-52503-0.

Key Points

• This article investigates the critical perspective of Ibn al-Azraq on Ibn Khaldūn's concepts of an ideal sultanate.
• Literature review of primary texts by Ibn al-Azraq and Ibn Khaldūn
• Analysis of historical context and intellectual discourse
• Examination of the implications of Ibn al-Azraq's critique
• Details Ibn al-Azraq's critique of Khaldūn's governance theories
• Highlights the relevance of this criticism to contemporary debates in political theory
• Provides insights into the influence of their ideas in the context of Islamic intellectual history