Mohammed al-Mahdi al-Fasi

Mohammed al-Mahdi al-Fasi

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Mohammed al-Mahdi al-Fasi also known as Abu Isa Abu Abdallah Mohammed al-Mahdi ibn Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Fihri al-Fasi was a well-known mystic, biographer and historian from Fes. He was born in Ksar al-Kebir on May 17, 1624[1] and died 20 February 1698. He was buried in the mausoleum of his great grandfather Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi.

He was the author of the following works on mysticism:

Mohammed al-Mahdi was particularly interested in the history of mysticism in Morocco since Mohammed al-Jazuli and his pupil al-Tabba up to the end of the 17th century. Parallel to that history he retraces the development of the Sadilite school and its affiliate founded by Ahmed Zarruq.

Al-Mahdi wrote the following biographical works, on his great grandfather Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi:

  • Al-Gawahir as-Safiyya min al-Mahasin al-Yusufiyya
  • Rawdat al-mahasin az-zahiyya bi-maatir as-Sayh Abi-l-Mahsin al-Bahiyya

On the traditions of the people of Fes he wrote:

  • Al-Arf al-asi fi-l-urf al-Fasi

References

  1. ^ Mohammed Lakhdar, La Vie Littéraire au Maroc sous la dynastie alawite (1075/1311/1664-1894). Rabat: Ed. Techniques Nord-Africaines, 1971, p. 316
  • Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Les Historiens du Chorfa, Essai sur la littérature historique et biographique au Maroc, du XVIe au XXe siècle, (1922)



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