Muḥammad bin Ali al-Hawzali محمد بن علي الهوزالي | |
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 The first page of an 18th-century manuscript of Muḥammad al-Hawzali's al-Ḥawḍ, part I (adapted from N. v.d. Boogert 1997 plate I) | |
| Born | 1670 |
| Died | 1749 |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Ibn al-Jawzi Ahmed bin Nasser |
| Academic work | |
| Influenced | Muhammad al-Hudhayki |
Muhammad bin Ali al-Hawzali (Arabic: محمد بن علي الهوزالي, Berber languages: Mhemmed U Ɛli Awzal; 1680–1749) is the most important author in the literary tradition of the Tachelhit language. He was born around 1680 in the village of al-Qaṣaba (Elqeṣba) in tribal territory of the Induzal, in the region of Sous in Morocco and died in 1749.
His full name in Arabic is Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Akbīlī al-Hawzālī (or al-Indūzālī) al-Sūsī. He is the author of several works in Shilha and Arabic which are preserved in manuscripts.