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Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ifrani al-Susi al-Marrakushi (Arabic: محمد الصغير الإفراني) (1669/1670–c. 1742/1743), called al-Saghir, was a Moroccan historian and biographer.
Mohammad al-Ifrani | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1669/1670 Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Died | c. 1742/1743 Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, Biographer |
al-Ifrani was born in 1669/1670 in Marrakesh. His family was from the Ifran tribe, a Shilha Berber 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.[1][2]
- 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
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