Ahmad al-Manjur
Ahmad al-Manjur | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Manjur 1520 Fez |
| Died | 1587 (aged 66–67) Fez |
| Notable work(s) | Theological commentaries, Fahrasa (account of his scholarly career) |
| Occupation | Scholar, Theologian, Jurist, Teacher |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Maliki |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Manjur al-Miknasi al-Fasi (Arabic: أحمد المنجور; 1520–1587, born and died in Fes) was a Maghrebi scholar of theology and law and a prominent teacher at the Qarawiyyin University.[1] He is known to have educated qadis in several towns in what is now Morocco. Between 1579 and 1585 he spent much time in Marrakesh, where he taught the Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur.[2] He is the author of theological commentaries, and especially his fahrasa (account of his scholarly career) is of great renown.[3] He was the father of the well-known writer Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi.[4][5]
References
- ^ Clifford Edmund Bosworth et al., The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Brill, 1954, entry "al-MANDJUR", p. 406
- ^ Mercedes García-Arenal, Ahmad al-Mansur: the beginnings of modern Morocco, 2009, p. 144
- ^ cited in the ijazah of Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi, Joseph E. Lowry, Essays in Arabic Literary Biography 1350–1850, 2009, p. 415
- ^ Lévi-Provencal, Les historiens du Chorfa, p. 91
- ^ Muhamed Hajji, L'activité intellectuelle au Maroc à l'époque Saadide, Rabat, 1976, p. 164–77 passim
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