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February 21, 2026Orientalistische Literaturzeitung0 citations

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.

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MZMarianna Zarantonello

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  • 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

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Article 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. was published on February 28, 2026 in the journal Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (volume 120, issue 3).

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Marianna Zarantonello (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69994a7f873532290d01ef35https://doi.org/10.1515/olzg-2025-0018
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