Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali

Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali
Born1549 CE
Died1621 CE
Occupation(s)Historian, Poet, Secretary of State
Academic work
EraSaadian dynasty
Main interestsHistory, Poetry
Notable worksManahil al-safa fi ma'athir mawalina al-shurafa

Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali (Arabic: عبد العزيز الفشتالي) (1549 – 1621), fully Abu Faris 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Sanhaji al-Fishtali was a Moroccan writer, head of the chancery (wazīr al-ḳalam al-aʿlā), official historiographer and official poet of the Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur.[1]

  1. ^ J. D. Fage, Roland Anthony Oliver The Cambridge History of Africa, ed. Cambridge University Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-521-20413-2, p. 629