At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · teacher
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Colonial Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesLinguistics
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Sidi ibn al-Mukhtar ibn al-Haybah al-Intishai al-Abyiri, a Mauritanian scholar from a family of learning, and a teacher. He was born around 1760 CE in the region of Bitlamt. He read the Qur'an, grammar, rhetoric, logic and creed, and then travelled in pursuit of knowledge 1.
Death
He died in 1284 AH / 1868 CE, as recorded in the encyclopedia Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' 1.
People and things also explored
Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an
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. “Sidi ibn al-Mukhtar al-Abyiri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sidi-ibn-al-mukhtar-al-abyiri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.