Ahmad al-Maqqari

Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari
Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari
Born	1577; Tlemcen, Regency of Algiers
Died	1632; Cairo, Eyalet of Egypt
Academic background
Influences	Muhammad al-Bukhari,
Academic work
Main interests	History of al Andalus; Ṣaḥīḥ of Muhammad al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim; The muwaṭṭa'; The Ash-Shifa; Life of Ibn al-Khatib;
Notable works	Rawdat al-As and Nafḥ al-ṭīb

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī al-Tilmisānī (or al-Maḳḳarī) (أحمد المقري التلمساني), (1577-1632)^[1] was an Algerian scholar, biographer and historian who is best known for his Nafh at-Tib [ar],^S a compendium of the history of Al-Andalus which provided a basis for the scholarly research on the subject until the twentieth century.

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Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari
Born	1577 Tlemcen, Regency of Algiers
Died	1632 Cairo, Eyalet of Egypt

Academic background
Influences	Muhammad al-Bukhari,
Academic work
Main interests	History of al Andalus Ṣaḥīḥ of Muhammad al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim The muwaṭṭa' The Ash-Shifa Life of Ibn al-Khatib
Notable works	Rawdat al-As and Nafḥ al-ṭīb