Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ja'far al-Khazraji al-Sabti () (
''Sabta'' 1129 -
Marrakesh 1204), better known as Sidi Bel Abbas, was a Moroccan Muslim
saint. He is the patron saint of
Marrakesh in the
Islamic tradition and also one of the "
Seven Saints" (''Sabʿatou Rijal'') of the city. His festival was founded by
al-Hasan al-Yusi at the instigation of
Moulay Ismael
Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif ( ar, مولاي إسماعيل بن الشريف), born around 1645 in Sijilmassa and died on 22 March 1727 at Meknes, was a Sultan of Morocco from 1672–1727, as the second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty. He was the sev ...
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Abu Al-Abbas was born in ''Sabta'' (Ceuta). He studied under Abu Abd Allah al-Fakhkhar, himself a student of
Qadi Ayyad
ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā (1083–1149) ( ar, القاضي عياض بن موسى, formally Abū al-Faḍl ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿAmr ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣubī ...
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When Abu al-Abbas died in 1204, he was buried at the graveyard of Sidi Marouk, near Bab Taghzout. In 1988, sultan
Hassan II Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to:
People
* Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name
*Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scotti ...
improved the sanctuary. It is also the place of his
zawiya.
See also
*
Sidi Bel Abbas sanctuary, a Muslim holy place located in the Spanish enclave of
Ceuta
Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa.
Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...
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Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes
The Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes or Zaouia of Sidi Bel-Abbès (, Berber: ⵣⴰⵡⵉⵢⴰ ⵙⵉⴷⵉ ⴱⵍⵄⴻⴱⴰⵙ) is an Islamic religious complex ( zawiya) in Marrakesh, Morocco. The complex is centered around the mausoleum of Abu al ...
in Marrakesh, containing his mausoleum
References
[Vincent J. Cornell, ''Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism'', p. 91.]
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1129 births
1204 deaths
12th-century Moroccan people
13th-century Moroccan people
Moroccan Sufi writers
People from Ceuta
Moroccan philosophers