Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti

"Ahmad Baba" redirects here. For the Algerian musician, see Ahmad Baba Rachid.
Aḥmad Bābā
Personal
Born(1556-10-26)26 October 1556
Araouane, Mali
Died22 April 1627(1627-04-22) (aged 70)
Timbuktu, Mali
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki[1]
Main interest(s)Usul, Mantiq, Tafsir, Fiqh, Race, Slavery
Notable work(s)Nayl al-ibtihāj bi-taṭrīz al-Dībāj (نيل الإبتهاج بتطريز الديباج)
OccupationTeacher, Jurist, Scholar, Arabic Grammarian
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Aḥmad Bābā
أحمد بابا
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Faqīh al-Ḥāj Aḥmad ibn ‘Umar ibn Muḥammad
بن الفقيه الحاج أحمد بن عمر بن محمد
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abu al-Abbas
بن أحمد
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Takrūrī al-Timbuktī
التكروري التنبكتي

Aḥmad Bābā al-Timbuktī (Arabic: أحمد بابا التمبكتي), full name Abū al-Abbās Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit al-Takrūrī Al-Massufi al-Timbuktī (1556 – 1627 CE, 963 – 1036 H), was a Sanhaja Berber writer, scholar, and political provocateur in the area then known as the Western Sudan.[2] He was a prolific author and wrote more than 40 books.[3]

  1. ^ Hunwick 1964, pp. 568–570.
  2. ^ Cleaveland, Timothy (2015-01-01). "Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti and his Islamic critique of racial slavery in the Maghrib". The Journal of North African Studies. 20 (1): 42–64. doi:10.1080/13629387.2014.983825. ISSN 1362-9387. S2CID 143245136.
  3. ^ "Timbuktu Hopes Ancient Texts Spark a Revival". The New York Times. August 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-21. The government created an institute named after Ahmed Baba, Timbuktu's greatest scholar, to collect, preserve and interpret the manuscripts. ...