Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi

Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi (born 1185) was a renowned historian from Marrakech, Morocco.

From any early age he was engrossed in various academic pursuits, studying in both Marrakech and Fez until he was twenty-three and left for al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula). Arriving there in 1208, he stayed for nine years before returning to the Maghreb. In 1224 he completed "Kitab al-mujib fi talkhis akhbar ahl al-Maghrib", a history of the Almohad dynasty preceded by a summary of Andalusian history from the Muslim conquest until 1087.

Bibliography

*Abdel Wahid al-Marrakushi, The history of the Almohades, preceded by a sketch of the history of Spain from the time of the conquest till the reign of Yúsof ibn-Téshúfin, and of the history of the Almoravides, ed. R.P.A. Dozy, 1968 (reprint from the frirst, 1881 edition)

External links

Muslim Heritage.com, Article: Historians in North Africa and Spain [http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?ArticleID=644]