ΑΙ-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Katib () (d. 11th century) more commonly known as al-Hasan al-Katib () was a

Fatimid The Fatimid Caliphate (; ), also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimid dynasty, Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa ...

municipal secretary, philosopher of music and Sufi saint of

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. He learned the knowledge of

Sufism Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

from Rudbari.Complete Islamic encyclopedia, qasim Mehmood He is widely known for his book ''Kamal Adab al-Ghina'' (; ).

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