At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Contemporary Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thoughtLinguistics
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Akwa, a scholar of jurisprudence and inheritance, a philologist and a prolific writer. 1
His learning
He had wide knowledge of the history of Yemen in the Islamic age. 1
His life
The encyclopaedia says he was born in 1321 AH (1903 CE) and died in 1419 AH (1998 CE). 1
People and things also explored
Ahmad Abd al-Sattar al-Jawari· Ibn al-Baghil Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Qasim· Nashwan al-Himyari· Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· God teaches Adam the names· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-akwa-muhammad-ibn-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.