Ahmad al-Maqqari

Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari
Born1577
Died1632
Academic background
InfluencesMuhammad al-Bukhari,
Academic work
Main interests
Notable worksRawdat al-As and Nafḥ al-ṭīb

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī al-Tilmisānī (or al-Maḳḳarī) (أحمد المقري التلمساني), (1577-1632)[1] was an Algerian scholar, biographer and historian who is best known for his Nafh at-Tib [ar],S a compendium of the history of Al-Andalus which provided a basis for the scholarly research on the subject until the twentieth century.

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