Abu Abdallah Mohammed Amghar

Moulay Abul Mahasin Abu Abdallah Mohammed Amghar (ca 1060) was a Moroccan Sufi saint during the reign of the Almoravid dynasty and the founder of the Taifa Sanhajiya, the earliest example of a Sufi order in the Maghrib. He is also the patron saint of Tit, a small village 12 kilometers from El Jadida. After 1083 Abu Abdallah became head of Ribat Trt-n-Fitr [*Museum with no fontiers: The ribat of Tit (El-Jadida) http://www.museumwnftravels.net/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;ma;Mon01;33;en] , which was founded by his father Abu Jaafar Amghar. His son and successor Sidi Abu Abdelkhaliq Amghar (d. 614/1199), enjoyed a close relationship with the Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, who supported Ribat Tit al-Fitr financially. One of Abu Abdallah's descendants was the spritual master of Al-Jazuli. A moussem in honour of Moulay Abu Abdallah Amghar is celebrated each year in El Jadida.

External links

*Darr-sir.com: "Moroccan Maraboutism", see "5. Ribat Tit al-Fitr" [http://www.dar-sirr.com/maraboutism.html retrieved on 04-22-2008]
*The moussem of El Jadida (mainly in French) [http://www.moussem-moulay-abdellah.com/moroccotimes.php retrieved on 04-22-2008]

References

*Ahmet T. Karamustafa, "Sufism: The Formative Period", p148
*Vincent J. Cornell, "Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism" 1998, p. 45
*The famous scholar Ibn Qunfudh also wrote on Abdallah Amghar. The book of his journeys in Morocco is entitled Uns al-faqir wa 'izz al-haqir, "the Convivial Company of the Wandering Poor and the Honorable Strength of the Contemptible." It can be found in the Royal Archives in Rabat: Bibliothèque Royal de Rabat N° 365, Madrid N° 186 (1406), Le Caire N°46. Bibliothèque Royal Rabat 8288-5354-3978