Muhammad al-Maqqari
Muhammad al-Maqqari | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Died | 1358 |
| Burial place | Tlemcen |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muhammad محمد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman ابن محمد ابن أحمد ابن أبو بكر ابن عبد الرحمان |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abu Abdallah أبو عبد الله |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | المقري التلمساني al-Maqqari al-Tilimsani |
Muhammad al-Maqqari (Arabic: أحمد المقري) was an Islamic scholar from Tlemcen. He served as a maliki qadi (Islamic jurist) and belonged to the renowned al-Maqqari family, being the grandfather of the famous historian Ahmad al-Maqqari. He was born in Tlemcen; however, his exact date of birth is unshared, as it was a tradition within his family not to disclose their birthdates.[1]
Muhammad was a close confidant of the Marinid sultan Abu Inan Faris, who honored him by building a madrasa for him in Fez (in present-day Morocco). Originally named al-Madrasa al-Mutawakkiliya, it is more commonly known today as the Bou Inania Madrasa.[2] He died in 759 AH (c. 1358 CE) in Fez and was subsequently buried in Tlemcen, in the Bustan (garden) next to his native house near Bab al-Sarf.[3]
Works
- al-Qawāʿid (القواعد)
- Kitāb al-Muḥāḍarāt (كتاب المحاضرات)
- al-Ḥaqāʾiq wa-l-Raqāʾiq (الحقائق والرقائق)
- al-Tuḥaf wa-l-Ṭuraf (التحف والطرف)
- Iqāmat al-Murīdīn (إقامة المريدين)
- Riḥlat al-Mutabattil (رحلة المتبتل), also published under extended/alternate titles such as Riḥlat al-Maqqarī al-kabīr and Naẓm al-laʾālī fī sulūk al-amālī.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Bouzennoune 2024, p. 491.
- ^ Ben Azzuz 2019, p. 395.
- ^ Bouzennoune 2024, p. 492.
Bibliography
- بن عزوز [Ben Azzuz], محمد [Muhammad] (2019). عقد الألماس في بيوتات علماء تلمسان في فاس [The Diamond Necklace: Scholarly Families of Tlemcen in Fez] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). بيروت [Beirut]: دار ابن حزم [Dar Ibn Hazm]. ISBN 9789959857637.
- بوزنون [Bouzennoune], مبروك [Mabrouk] (2024). "الحضور العلمي لأسرة المقّري في بلاد الحجاز – المقّريان الجدّ والحفيد أنموذجا" [The scientific presence of the Al-Maqqari family in the Hijaz - The Al-Maqqari grandfather and grandson as an example]. الصراط [Al-Sirat] (in Arabic). 26 (2): 485–508.