Sāḥilī, Ibrāhīm, approximately 1290-1346

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Name (Latin)
Sāḥilī, Ibrāhīm, approximately 1290-1346
Other forms of name
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Sāḥilī, approximately 1290-1346
Abū Isḥāq, approximately 1290-1346
Ibrāhīm al-Sāḥilī, approximately 1290-1346
Sāḥilī, Ibrāhīm, ca. 1290-1346
Ṭuwayjin, approximately 1290-1346
Ṭuwayŷin, approximately 1290-1346
Date of birth
1290
Date of death
1346
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 44520156
Wikidata: Q2821734
Library of congress: n 00049655
Sources of Information
  • Un Mutanabbi andaluz, 1999:t.p. (alarife y viajero granadino Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Sāḥilī, alias "al-Ṭuwayŷin") p. 19, etc. (b. ca. 1290 in Granada; d. 1346 in Timbuktu; known to have been a writer, architect, and traveler)

Wikipedia description:

Abu Ishaq al-Sahili (Arabic: أبو إسحاق الساحلي, romanized: Abū Isḥāq al-Sāḥilī; c. 1290 – 15 October 1346), also known as al-Tuwayjin (Arabic: ـالطُّوَيجِن, romanized: al-Ṭuwayjin), was an Andalusi poet and fiqh scholar who became a favored member of the court of Mansa Musa, Emperor of Mali. He is the most renowned of the scholars from the wider Muslim world who emigrated to Mali in the aftermath of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage.

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