At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Around 1352, at about twenty years of age, Ibn Khaldun was given a post at the court of Tunis. 1
The path
Three years later he became secretary to the Marinid sultan in Fez. About two years after that he was imprisoned on suspicion of joining a rebellion, and he was released after nearly two years. 1
Why it matters
These years began his service at courts that moved quickly between Tunis, Fez, Granada, Tlemcen and Bejaïa, in a period when dynasties rose and fell. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn Khaldun
- Occurred at
- Tunis
People and things also explored
The Black Death takes Ibn Khaldun's parents in Tunis· al-Zaytuna Mosque· Khayr al-Din takes Tunis (1534)· Charles V's conquest of Tunis (1535)· Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· Ibn Khaldun's Audience with Timur beneath Damascus· Ibn Khaldun sent to Seville to make peace with Pedro I
Sources
- Ibn Khaldūn — Encyclopaedia Britannica
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Khaldun receives a post at the court of Tunis”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-khaldun-court-tunis-1352/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-29.