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Abu Abd Allah Mahamad ibn Ahmad Mayyara (; 1591–1662) was a jurist and theologian from Fes, one of the most reputable scholars of his time. He is the author of a commentary on the ''Tuhfa'' by Ibn Asim, a commentary on ''Al-Musrhid al mumin'' by his teacher Ibn Ashir and ''Sharh al-Shaykh Mayyara li-Lamiyya al-Zaqqaq'', a commentary on al-Zaqqaq's Lamiyya. Mayyara's ''Nazm al-la'ali wa-l-durar'' contains a fahrasa and hence biographical information about himself. Well known is also his work called ''Nasihat al Mughtarrin''Garcia-Arenal, M.G. "'Nasihat al-Mugtarrin of Mahamad Mayyara (d.1072/1662): A Collection of Fatwàs on the Bildiyyin of Fez", ''The Maghreb Review'', 16, 1-1 (1991): 84-94 in defence of ''Bildiyyīn'' (Muslims, like himself, of Jewish descent) whose position had been deteriorating after the death of
Abu Abd Allah Mahamad ibn Ahmad Mayyara (; 1591–1662) was a jurist and theologian from Fes, one of the most reputable scholars of his time. He is the author of a commentary on the ''Tuhfa'' by Ibn Asim, a commentary on ''Al-Musrhid al mumin'' by his teacher Ibn Ashir and ''Sharh al-Shaykh Mayyara li-Lamiyya al-Zaqqaq'', a commentary on al-Zaqqaq's Lamiyya. Mayyara's ''Nazm al-la'ali wa-l-durar'' contains a fahrasa and hence biographical information about himself. Well known is also his work called ''Nasihat al Mughtarrin''Garcia-Arenal, M.G. "'Nasihat al-Mugtarrin of Mahamad Mayyara (d.1072/1662): A Collection of Fatwàs on the Bildiyyin of Fez", ''The Maghreb Review'', 16, 1-1 (1991): 84-94 in defence of ''Bildiyyīn'' (Muslims, like himself, of Jewish descent) whose position had been deteriorating after the death 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 ...
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