Abu-l-Hasan al-Tamgruti explained
| Abu-l-Hasan al-Tamgruti |
| Religion: | Islam |
| Denomination: | Sunni |
| School: | Maliki |
| Birth Name: | Abu-l-Hasan Ali ibn Mohammed al-Tamgruti |
| Birth Date: | 1560 |
| Birth Place: | Tamegroute, Morocco |
| Death Date: | 1594/5 |
| Resting Place: | Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Nationality: | Moroccan |
| Occupation: | Author, Ambassador, Fqih, Official |
| Notable Works: | Rihla (travel account of his journey to Istanbul) |
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Abu-l-Hasan Ali ibn Mohammed al-Tamgruti (; born in Tamegroute ca. 1560, died in 1594/5) was a Moroccan author, ambassador, fqih and one of the most important officials of the Saadian court during the reign of Ahmad al-Mansur.[1] He was in charge of the embassy to the Turkish sultan Murad III together with secretary of state Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali.[2] [3] He is best known because of the rihla of his journey to Istanbul in 1590-91.[4] He was buried in the sanctuary of Qadi Ayyad in Marrakesh.
References
- Entry AL-TAMGRUTI, in M. Th Houtsma, First encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936, reprint 1987, p. 643 https://books.google.com/books?id=ro--tXw_hxMC&dq=L%C3%A9vi-Provencal%20ifrani&pg=PA643
- Lévi-Provençal, E., "al-Tamgrūtī" in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill Online, 2012. Reference. 17 August 2012 http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/al-tamgruti-SIM_7378
- Dale F. Eickelman (ed.), Muslim Travellers: Pilgrimage, Migration, and the Religious Imagination, University of California Press, 1990, pp. 79-82 https://books.google.com/books?id=2pwuAh0ujPMC&dq=Tamgruti&pg=PA284
- Al-Nafha al Miskiya fi al Sifara al Turkiya (The Book of the Musky Breeze of the Embassy to Turqey), Keta-books, 2002 (French translation: Relation d'une ambassade marocaine en Turquie (A 16th century travel account of Istanbul by a Moroccan ambassador), 1589-1591, par Abou-l-Hasan Ali ben Mohammed et-Tamgrouti, traduite et annotée par Henry de Castries, Paris, 1929)
