Abd as-Salam al-Qadiri | |
Birth Name: | Abu Mohammed Abd as-Salam al-Qadiri |
Birth Date: | 1648 |
Occupation: | Historian, genealogist, writer |
Relatives: | Mohammed al-Qadiri (grandson) |
Abu Mohammed Abd as-Salam al-Qadiri (; 1648–1698) was a historian and genealogist of the Sharifian families of Morocco. He was the grandfather and precursor of the historian Mohammed al-Qadiri (1713–80).[1] He wrote a book about Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Ma'n al-Andalusi, entitled Al-Maksad al-ahmad fi l-tarif bi-Sayyidina Ibn Abd Allah.[2] He was an expert in the field of lexicography, logic, rhetoric, and hadith.