Al Hajj Mahmud Kati (or Mahmoud Kati) (1468? ''–'' 1552 or 1593) was an African Muslim
Songhai scholar. He is traditionally held to be the author of the
West Africa
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n chronicle ''
Tarikh al-fattash'', though the authorship is contested.
Kati grew up in
Kurmina but lived most of his adult life in
Timbuktu
Timbuktu ( ; ; Koyra Chiini: ; ) is an ancient city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali, having a population of 32,460 in the 2018 census.
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. His tomb is the second largest in Timbuktu, after that of
Mohammed Bagayogo
Mohammed Bagayogo Es Sudane Al Wangari Al Timbukti (1523-1593) was a scholar from Timbuktu, Songhai Empire. Baghayogho originated from among the Juula people, who are a Mande ethnic group composed of merchants and scholars.
History
He was bor ...
, and is a site of pilgrimage.
References
1468 births
16th-century deaths
Year of death unknown
16th-century African people
Historians of Africa
16th-century historians
Zarma-Songhai people
Scholars of precolonial Africa
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