Ahmad ibn Khalid an-Nasiri
Moroccan writer and historian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abu al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Khālid al-Nāṣirī al-Slāwī, (Arabic: أحمد بن خالد الناصري; 1835–1897) was born in Salé, Morocco and is considered to be the greatest Moroccan historian of the 19th century.[1] He was a prominent scholar and a member of the family that founded the Nasiriyya Sufi order in the 17th century.[2] He wrote an important multivolume history of Morocco: Kitab al-Istiqsa li-Akhbar duwal al-Maghrib al-Aqsa.[3] The work is a general history of Morocco and the Islamic west from the Islamic conquest to the end of the 19th century. He died in 1897 shortly after having put the finishing touches to his chronicle.[4]
Ahmad ibn Khalid an-Nasiri | |
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أحمد بن خالد الناصري | |
| Born | 20 April 1835 Salé, Morocco |
| Died | 13 October 1897 Salé, Morocco |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, Scholar |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 19th century |
| Main interests | Moroccan history, Islamic west history |
| Notable works | Kitab al-Istiqsa li-Akhbar duwal al-Maghrib al-Aqsa |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Aḥmad |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Khālid ibn Ḥammād |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abu ’lʿAbbās |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Shihāb al-Dīn |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Nāṣirī al-Salāwī |
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