Ibn Zaydan

Abd al-Rahman ibn Zaydan (1878-1946) was a Moroccan historian and literary author. He was a great-grandson of sultan Moulay Ismael and is considered one of the best sources on the history of his native city Meknes, but also on the Alaouite dynasty. After the installation of the French protectorat he accepted the function of vice-director of the military school of Dâr al-Bayda in Meknes, today's military academy of the city. The "Ithaf", his main work of 8 volumes comprehends hundreds of biographies, like those of the sultans Abderrahman and Hassan I.

Bibliography

*Abderrahman Ibn Zaydan’s masterpiece on the city of Meknes: "Al-Ithaf a 'lam al-nas bi-jumal akhbar hadirat Miknas", 6 vols. Rabat, 1929-1933
*Abbas Jarari, Said Binsaid Alawi and Ahmad Tawfiq "Abd al-Rahman ibn Zaydan" (Festschrift), Muassasat Una: 1998
*Abd al-Rahman bin Zaydan al-Alawi. "al-'Ala'iq al-siyasiyah lil-dawlah al-'Alawiyah / taqdim wa-tahqiq 'Abd al-Latif al-Shadhili." Rabat : al-Matba'ah al-Malakiyah, 1999.
*Afif, Mohamed. "Les Harkas, hassaniennes d'après l'oeuvre d'Ibn Zaydan." "Hespéris-Tamuda" 19 (1980-81): 153-68.
*"Les campagnes de Moulay ’Al-Hassan d’après les écrits d’Ibn Zaydan",. Revue de la Faculté des Lettres (Rabat), 7, 1981, 47-75 (en arabe)