Abdelwahab Benmansour | |
Birth Date: | 1920 |
Birth Place: | Fes, Morocco |
Death Date: | 12 November 2008 |
Death Place: | Rabat, Morocco |
Era: | 20th-century |
Main Interests: | History of Morocco and al-Andalus |
Influences: | Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri |
Abdelwahab Benmansour (Arabic: عبد الوهاب بن منصور ; born 1920, Fes - died 13 November 2008, Rabat) was a Moroccan historian and civil servant. His most important work is "The tribes of Morocco" (Arabic: قبائل المغرب), a historical study of Moroccan tribes and their origins. He also edited some previously unpublished works such as a 15th-century detailed manuscript about the history of Ceuta as well as works by al-Baydhaq and Ibn Tumart, the eminent Imam and spiritual leader of the Almohads.[1] [2]
Abdelwahab Benmasour was the official histographer of the Kingdom of Morocco working under Mohammed V, Hassan II and Mohammed VI.[1]