Reviewing Ibn Khaldun’s theory of state formation as a theory of Muslim reform in Seyed Farid Alatas’s reading: A case study Morocco

The substantive interest of Ibn Khaldun, both in Al-Muqaddimah and Al-Ibar was describing the formation and decline of the state in the east and west of the Islamic world, which he tried to explain based on the cycle struggle between the two types of pastoral nomadic and sedentary societies. In order to develop Ibn Khaldun's theory, Seyed Farid Alatas has introduced it as a theory of Muslim reform. In his view, Morocco is a historical case that has experienced religious reform. .  Theory of Ibn Khaldun lacks an economic system. For this reason, Farid Alatas has tried to take the modes of production from Karl Marx and integrate them into Ibn Khaldun's theory. The purpose of this study is to explain Ibn Khaldun's theory of state formation as a theory of Muslim reform in the Farid Alatas’s reading. To this reason, it has studied three consecutive Moroccan dynasties – Almoravids, Almohads, Marinids _. According to the study’s results obtained in a descriptive _ analytical manner, Farid Alatas, instead of simply repeating the information obtained from the introduction, offers a theoretical application of Ibn Khaldun's theory.