al-Sharbi al-Miknasi, Medina's shaykh al-qurra'

Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad ibn Musa al-Sharbi al-Miknasi al-Maliki, the learned imam and man of letters, shaykh of the readers in Medina. He was an excellent scholar, a master of precise learning, a righteous poet, gentle in manner and very humble. ².

He wrote works in various sciences, among them: Minhaj al-Wusul and Majma' al-Salik lil-Usul on the foundations of religion; a versified version of al-Suyuti's Jawahir in the science of tafsir; Durar al-Usul on the foundations of jurisprudence; Mata' al-Anzar and Tuhfat al-Afkar in disputation; a versified work on the meanings and rhetoric; Tuhfat al-Ahbab in morphology; Ghunyat al-A'rab in grammar; Nuzhat al-Albab in arithmetic; and al-Durr in logic. He came to Damascus in 951 AH after visiting Jerusalem by way of Medina, entered Aleppo, and there obtained licences from al-Shams al-Safiri and al-Muwaffaq ibn Abi Dhar. ¹.

He died in Medina in 964 AH. ³.