Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad bin Aḥmad al-Warghi (Arabic: محمد الورغي), (circa 1713 – 1776) was a Tunisian writer and poet in the 18th century. he belonged to the tribe of
Warghah, which was settling near the city of
Kef in the south, or said to be on the border of Tunisia and Algeria.
Al-Warghi was educated and taught during the reign of
Ali Bey I, and was his court poet. His wulogy poetry is divided between
Ali Bey I and
Ali II.
Biography
Mohammed bin Ahmed al-Wrghi was born in the village of Wargha, located at Jabal Warghahh between the village of Al-Tuwairf and the city of
El Kef, around 1707–1713. He first joined the
Madrasah
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
s and learned the Qur'an, fiqh, history, modern sciences, logic, Arabic linguistics at the
Al-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis. Then, He sat down to teach at Al-Zaytouna Mosque later, and worked as a writer in the office of
Ali Bey I. He was imprisoned in 1755 during the reign of
Muhammad I ar-Rashid and died in 1776.
References
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1713 births
1776 deaths
18th-century poets from the Ottoman Empire
18th-century male writers