al-Maghīlī

by Verskin, Alan

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Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Maghīlī (d. 909/1503–4 or 911/1505) was the most prominent scholar of premodern West Africa. His influence extends to the present. He is primarily known for his persecution of Jews, his role as an Islamic reformer (mujaddid) , and his works of political thought. He was born in Tlemcen (Tilimsān), but left at a young age to settle in Tamanṭīṭ, a town in the Algerian Sahara. He studied under the Ṣūfī scholar ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Thaʿālibī (d. 875/1470), the

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Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Maghīlī (d. 909/1503–4 or 911/1505) was the most prominent scholar of premodern West Africa. His influence extends to the present. He is primarily known for his persecution of Jews, his role as an Islamic reformer (mujaddid) , and his works of political thought. He was born in Tlemcen (Tilimsān), but left at a young age to settle in Tamanṭīṭ, a town in the Algerian Sahara. He studied under the Ṣūfī scholar ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Thaʿālibī (d. 875/1470), the

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Verskin, Alan

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