Morocco .. The offer of Ibn Khaldoun's house for sale causes an uproar and urgent intervention by "Culture"

Social networking sites in Morocco, and a number of Arab countries that interacted with the event, were buzzing with news that said that the house of the founder of sociology, Ibn Khaldoun, for sale in the city of Fez, is for sale.

Social media activists circulated the news of the house being offered for sale, with pictures of the house, which prompted the Moroccan Ministry of Culture to intervene and open an investigation into the matter.

And the Moroccan Minister of Culture issued “instructions to urgently intervene to save the house and strengthen its walls first, and then include it in the program for the restoration of dilapidated houses in the old city of Fez.

The Ministry of Culture stated that "it is difficult to be certain of the authenticity of what is being circulated about this house, in the absence of written documents or physical evidence confirming that this residence was actually a residence for the scholar Ibn Khaldun, including the writings of Ibn Khaldun."

And the Moroccan website, Hespress, quoted Marwan Mihaoui, one of the owners of the house, after his family announced that the building had been put up for sale, the interests of the Ministry of Culture contacted them and held a meeting with them about the matter.

Mahiawi indicated that his family acquired this property in 1969, after four other families took over the property.

Ibn Khaldun was born in Tunisia in 1332 AD. He is of Andalusian origin, and his full name is Abd al-Rahman Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khaldun Abu Zaid, Wali al-Din al-Hadrami al-Ishbili.

The house of Ibn Khaldun, the founder of sociology, is for sale in Fez, and the worst of it is that the Ministry of Culture does not care about the matter despite the historical importance of the personality. Such historical monuments must be taken care of.

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— Histoire Du Maroc (@histoire_maroc) October 18, 2021

Ibn Khaldun is considered one of the greatest Arab historians, the founder of sociology, and the developer of one of the oldest non-religious philosophies in history, through his famous book “Ibn Khaldun’s Introduction.

The site quoted a retired professor of history from the University of "Sidi Muhammad bin Abdullah", Moroccan historian Muhammad bin Abdul Jalil, as saying: "The house of Ibn Khaldun in Fez, in which he settled throughout his work in the Marinid court, is located in the Great Fortress at the bottom of Darb al-Hurra."

According to the Moroccan historian, the house consists of 3 small floors, noting that the method of its construction is very similar to the architectural form in southern Tunisia, where the scholar Ibn Khaldun was born and raised.

Ibn Abdul Jalil noted that the house was owned by a tailor in Fez, and he has forensic evidence proving that this house belonged to Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Ibn Khaldun.

The Moroccan researcher noted that there were previous attempts by the cultural authorities in Tunisia to own the house and turn it into a library for Ibn Khaldun's books.

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