Abu-l-Hasan Ali ibn Mohammed al-Tamgruti (; born in

Tamegroute Tamegroute (also spelled Tamgrout; Berber: ⵜⴰⵎⴳⵔⵓⵜ , Arabic: تامكروت) is a village located in the Draa River valley in southern Morocco. It historically served as a hub of learning and religion through its famous Sufi zawiya. ...

ca. 1560, died in 1594/5) was a Moroccan author, ambassador, fqih and one of the most important officials of the Saadian court during the reign of

Ahmad al-Mansur Ahmad al-Mansur ( ar, أبو العباس أحمد المنصور, Ahmad Abu al-Abbas al-Mansur, also al-Mansur al-Dahabbi (the Golden), ar, أحمد المنصور الذهبي; and Ahmed al-Mansour; 1549 in Fes – 25 August 1603, Fes) was t ...

. He was in charge of the embassy to the Turkish sultan Murad III together with secretary of state

Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali () (15491621), 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 ...

. He is best known because of the

rihla ''Riḥla'' ( ar, رحلة) refers to both a journey and the written account of that journey, or travelogue. It constitutes a genre of Arabic literature. Associated with the medieval Islamic notion of "travel in search of knowledge" (الرحلة ...

of his journey to

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

in 1590-91.''Al-Nafha al Miskiya fi al Sifara al Turkiya'' (The Book of the Musky Breeze of the Embassy to Turqey), Keta-books, 2002 (French translation: ''Relation d'une ambassade marocaine en Turquie (A 16th century travel account of Istanbul by a Moroccan ambassador), 1589-1591, par Abou-l-Hasan Ali ben Mohammed et-Tamgrouti, traduite et annotée par Henry de Castries'', Paris, 1929) He was buried in the sanctuary of Qadi Ayyad in Marrakesh.

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16th-century Moroccan writers Moroccan travel writers Moroccan Maliki scholars Year of birth unknown 1595 deaths 16th-century Moroccan people Moroccan diplomats Ambassadors of Morocco to the Ottoman Empire People from Tamegroute 16th-century diplomats 16th-century Berber people Berber writers 16th-century jurists {{Morocco-writer-stub