Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ifrani al-Susi al-Marrakushi () (1669/1670), called al-Saghir, was a Moroccan historian and biographer.
Biography
al-Ifrani was born in 1669/1670 in
Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ...
. His family was from the Ifran tribe, a
Shilha Berber
Berber or Berbers may refer to:
Ethnic group
* Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa
* Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages
Places
* Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile
People with the surname
* Ady Berber (1913–196 ...
tribe of the
Draa River basin in the
Sous region. He began his studies in his hometown, where he followed the courses of the scholar, Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Mawasi as-Susi (d. 1718). Then he went to
Fez to continue his studies in the
al-Qarawiyyin, where he attended the lessons of scholars such as Ahmad ibn Abd el-Hayy al-Halabi and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi.
Works
Some of his works are:
* ''Nuzhat al-hddi bi-akhbar muluk al-Qarn al-Hadi'', a chronicle of the
Saadid sultans of Morocco
* ''al-Maslak as-sahl fi sharh tawchih Ibn Sahl'', a commentary on ''Tawshih'' or ''Muwashshah'' of the Andalusian poet,
Ibn Sahl
* ''Safwat man intashar min akhbar sulaha' al-qarn al-addi 'ashar'', a compilation of biographies of 17th-century Moroccan saints
* ''az-Zill al-warif fi mafakhir Mawlana Ismail ibn al-Sharif'' (or ''Rawdat at-tarif''), a monograph on the Alaouite sultan of Morocco, Moulay
Ismail Ibn Sharif
* ''Durar al-hijal fi ma'athir sab'at rijal'', a monograph on the
Seven Saints of Marrakesh
* ''al-Mu'rib fi akhbar al-Maghrib'', a general history of Morocco until his time
References
Sources
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17th-century births
1740s deaths
17th-century Berber people
18th-century Berber people
17th-century Moroccan historians
18th-century Moroccan historians
Berber historians
Berber writers
Moroccan biographers
People from Marrakesh
Shilha people
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