Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti

Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (ca. 1863–1913)[1] is one of Mauritania's most famous writers. He is the author of the geographical, literary and historical compendium Al-Wasit fi tarájim udaba al-Shinqit, ed. Fuad Sayyid, Cairo 1958. The survey is the only major Arabic-language work about Mauritania published by a Mauritanian author.

Bibliography
  • Chouki El Hamel, "The Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in Moorish Society from the Rise of the Almoravids to the 19th Century", Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 29, Fasc. 1 (Feb., 1999), pp. 62–87

References
  1. Dictionary of African biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012. p. 127. ISBN 9780195382075. OCLC 706025122.


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