IKS bears the name of Abdurahman Ibn Khaldun, a famous Muslim scholar and social scientist from North Africa. Ibn Khaldun wrote the first scientific history of the world in seven volumes. Muqaddimah is the preface and overview of this history – a complete book as a preface; still used as a textbook in USA. Through his Muqaddimah Ibn Khaldun is the founder of the sciences of:
- Historiography
- Sociology
- Economics
IKS shares the world-view of Ibn Khaldun and the thoroughness of his approach towards analyzing worldly things.



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