Ali ibn Maymun

ʿAlī ibn Maymūn ibn Abī Bakr al-Idrīsī al-Mag̲h̲ribī (Arabic: علي بن ميمون بن أبي بكر الإدريسي; 1450–1511) (full name: Abu al-Hasan ʿAli ibn Maymūn ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAli ibn Maymūn al-Hashimi al-Qurashi al-Maghribi al-Ghumari al-Fasi Al-Maliki),[1] also known as Shaykh 'Ali ibn Maymun, was a Moroccan ālim and Sufi mystic of Berber origin, but he pretended to be from an Alid origin,[2][3] which increased his reputation.[4]

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  3. ^ Brockelmann, Carl (2016). History of the Arabic Written Tradition. Brill Publishers. p. 130. ISBN 9789004326323.
  4. ^ Conermann, Stephan (2014). Everything is on the Move: The Mamluk Empire as a Node in (trans-)regional Networks. V&R unipress GmbH. p. 152. ISBN 9783847102748.