The sage Abu al-Hakam al-Maghribi

Al-Hakim Abu al-Hakam al-Maghribi, an Andalusian physician and traveller. Al-Maqqari says that he performed the pilgrimage in 516 and 518 AH, entered Damascus, then stayed in Baghdad teaching boys. He served the sultan Mahmud ibn Malik-Shah in 521 AH and built him a hospital in his camp, which was carried on forty camels. He then returned to Damascus and died there in 549 AH and was buried at the Gate of Firadis. ²

He had knowledge of literature, medicine and engineering, and he had a diwan called "Nahj al-Wada'a li-Uli al-Hala'a", in which he mentioned the poets of Damascus. ²