Ahmed al-Ghubrini

Ahmed al-Ghubrini was a scholar, chronicler, biographer and qadi born in Bejaia in 1264 and originally from Djurdjura.[1][2][3][4]

Ahmed al-Ghubrini
TitleQadi
Personal
Born1264
Bejaia
Died1314
Tunisia
ReligionSunni Islam
NationalityAlgerian
Home townBejaia
Parent
  • Aba Al-Qasim Ahmed Al-Ghubrini (father)
Notable work(s)'Unwan al-diraya fi man 'urifa min al-'ulama'fi l-mi'a al-sabi'afi Bijaya [Ornament of knowledge on those known scholars of Bejaïa in the seventh century AH]

He was born in the year 1264 in Bejaia and was the son of Aba Al-Qasim Ahmed Al-Ghubrini, a scholar who took over the fatwa in Tunisia.[2][5] He attended seminars in the great mosque of Bejaia and the Zitouna mosque.[5] He was able to gain knowledge from many scholars including Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haq al-Ansari al-Baja'i, Abu al-Faris Abd al-Aziz Ibn Makhlouf, Abu Abdullah al-Tamimi al-Qalai, Muhammad al-Umayyi, Abu Abdullah al-Kinani al-Shatibi and Abu al-Hasan al-Azdi.[5] His book 'Unwan al-diraya fi man 'urifa min al-'ulama'fi l-mi'a al-sabi'afi Bijaya [Ornament of knowledge on those known scholars of Bejaïa in the seventh century AH] was translated by 149 scholars.[5]

References
  1. شجرة النور الزكية في طبقات المالكية - محمد مخلوف ( نسخة واضحة ومنسقة )
  2. History of the Arabic Written Tradition Volume 2 Carl Brockelmann BRILL,
  3. Light upon Light: Essays in Islamic Thought and History in Honor of Gerhard Bowering Jamal J. Elias, Bilal Orfali BRILL,
  4. Ibn 'Arabi in the Later Islamic Tradition: The Making of a Polemical Image in Medieval Islam Alexander D. Knysh SUNY Press
  5. Al-Ghubrini


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