Mohammed al-Ifrani explained
| Mohammad al-Ifrani |
| Birth Date: | 1669/1670 |
| Birth Place: | Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Death Date: | c. 1742/1743 |
| Death Place: | Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Occupation: | Historian, Biographer |
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ifrani al-Susi al-Marrakushi (1669/1670), called al-Saghir, was a Moroccan historian and biographer.
Biography
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.
Works
Some of his works are:
- 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
Sources
- Book: Lévi-Provençal, Évariste. Les historiens des Chorfa: essai sur la littérature historique et biographique au Maroc du XVIe au XXe siècle. Émile Larose. 1922. Paris. fr. Évariste Lévi-Provençal.
- Encyclopedia: al-Ifrani, Muhammad al-Saghir. 1984. Ma'lamat al-Maghrib (Encyclopedia of Morocco). Abdellatif. Chadli. 2. Toufiq. Ahmed. Hajji. Mohamed. al-Jamī‘a al-Maghribiyya li-l-Ta’līf wa-l-Tarjama wa-l-Nashr. Ahmed Toufiq. ar.
