Ahmad al-Manjur
Ahmad al-Manjur | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Manjur 1520 Fes, Morocco |
| Died | 1587 (aged 66–67) Fes, Morocco |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| 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 Moroccan scholar of theology and law and a prominent teacher at the Qarawiyyin University.[1] He is known to have educated qadis for several Moroccan towns. Between 1579 and 1585 he spent much time in Marrakesh, where he taught the Moroccan 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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