Ibn Khaldūn's political skills and, above all, his good relationship with the wild Berber tribes were in high demand among the North African rulers, but he had begun to tire of politics and constantly switching allegiances.
Ibn Haldunove političke vještine, pogotovo njegov dobar odnos s divljim berberskim plemenima, bile su visoko tražene među sjevernoafričkim vladarima, dok se on sam počeo umarati od politike i stalnih promjena odanosti.