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The figure of Ibn Khaldoun

(1332-1406)

Exhibition “Ibn Khaldun between Algeria and al y al-Andalus" 2007

Palais de la Culture - MOUFDI ZAKARIA

March 13th - May 31st 2007

Review: Press Relase - Exhibition at El Real Alcazar, Séville 2006

The Exhibition "Ibn Khaldun, the Mediterranean in the 14th century: the rise and fall of empires" will look at the political, economic and social relationships between East and West and between Europe and the Arab-north African world in the 14th century. In this broad geographical framework, united by the Mediterranean, European and Muslim states are represented through their culture and conflicts, their commercial exchange and their economic organisation, and also through the artistic legacy that marked the period. Both worlds will be dealt with because it is impossible to understand one without the other, and because, beyond the conflicts, there was definitely fruitful cultural, commercial and human exchange at the time.

At the same time, we also want to show visitors the contributions of al-Andalus civilisation to different fields of knowledge, its political, commercial, intellectual evolution, and the luxury of the court in Seville. We also aim to show the historic role of Seville and Spain in the 14th century. Seville has always been important as a major river port between the Atlantic Ocean and inland Andalusia, and a crossroads linking Andalusia with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula.

This exhibition and the cultural activities associated with it aim to contribute to the promotion of Seville, Andalusia and Spain as emblematic places for encounters with past, present and future. They aim to strengthen relations between north and south, between East and West, encouraging rapprochement between different cultures, and aim to bring a large number of visitors from Spain and abroad to the exhibition and to Seville and Andalusia in general.

Alcazar Interior © Fundación El Legado Andalusí
Alcazar Interior © Fundación El Legado Andalusí

The beautiful Mudejar palace, the Real Alcázar in Seville

The beautiful Mudejar palace, the Real Alcázar in Seville, was witness to the meeting between Ibn Khaldun and Pedro I "the cruel", and is now the venue for this exhibition with more than one hundred pieces on display from Spain and overseas. This building is a beautifully conserved monument, as well as being the oldest royal palace in use by Spanish and European monarchies to this day. The Real Alcázar Palace is, today, the most outstanding civil construction in Seville, and is the centre of attention for visitors to the city. They come to this monument to see the impressive historic/cultural heritage that can now be appreciated in all its glory thanks to various restoration projects carried out in recent years. The Real Alcázar is, then, the prime exhibit.

The exhibition is organised by the Presidency Department and the Culture Department of the Regional Government of Andalusia, through the Legado Andalusí Foundation. The official exhibition sponsor is the El Monte Foundation, co-sponsored by Telefónica and Mapfre. It has collaboration from: Seville City Council; the Spanish Government Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; the State Company for Cultural Action Overseas (SEACEX); the Real Alcázar Trust; the Seville-NODO Foundation; the Tourism and Sports Department of the Regional Government of Andalusia; the Education and Science Department of the Regional Government of Andalusia; UNESCO; ALESCO; the Tres Culturas Foundation; the Euro Árabe Foundation; the Averroes Committee; ONCE; the José Manuel Lara Foundation in the area of editorial projects. The exhibition has already been presented at UNESCO headquarters (Paris), coinciding with the General Conference.

The exhibition deals with the events that shook the 14th century

The exhibition deals with the events that shook the14th century such as the struggles to form and consolidate the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, the Hundred Years War that devastated Europe, the black death that struck around the years 1348-1350, "the most deadly disaster in history", which forgave neither country nor frontier, affecting Europeans and Muslims alike. The 14th century is also the historical context for palace intrigues, constant struggles and successive changes of government in the Muslim and north African worlds, and in al-Andalus too.

Source: Fundación El Legado Andalusi

Ibn  Khaldûn, The Muqaddimah, An Introduction to History, Translated from the arabic by Franz Rosenthal, in Three Volumes, Bollingen Series XLIII, Princeton University Press,  Princeton, N. J. 1967
Ibn Khaldûn, The Muqaddimah, An Introduction to History, Translated from the arabic by Franz Rosenthal, in Three Volumes, Bollingen Series XLIII, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J. 1967