Ahmad al-Maqqari
Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari | |
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| Born | 1577 |
| Died | 1632 |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Muhammad al-Bukhari |
| Academic work | |
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| Notable works | Rawdat al-As and Nafḥ al-ṭīb |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Aḥmad |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abu ’l-ʿAbbās |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Shihāb al-Dīn |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Maqqarī al-Tilimsānī al-Fāsī al-Mālikī |
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī al-Tilmisānī (or al-Maḳḳarī) (أحمد المقري التلمساني), (1577-1632) was an Algerian scholar, biographer and historian who is best known for his Nafh at-Tib ,S a compendium of the history of Al-Andalus which provided a basis for the scholarly research on the subject until the twentieth century.