Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · writer
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Musa ibn Said al-Maghribi, author of al-Maghrib fi Hula al-Maghrib (The West in the Ornaments of the West) and al-Mashriq fi Hula al-Mashriq (The East in the Ornaments of the East). 2
Birth
He was born on Tuesday 22 Ramadan 610 AH, into a house of learning, letters and vizierate, in the fortress of Abd al-Salam. 3
Travel and licence
He travelled to the East, and gave his book al-Maghrib as a licence to the judge Abu al-Fadl Ahmad ibn al-Tifashi and to Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Khatlakh al-Farisi al-Armawi. 2
His date of death needs an additional source.
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 333-335
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.333-335
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.335
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “أبو الحسن علي بن موسى بن سعيد المغربي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-said-al-maghribi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.