Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Mohammed al-Zarwili

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Yalisuti al-Zarwili known as al-Sughair (died 1319 in Fez) was a qadi of Taza and later qadi of Fez.[1] Al-Zarwili wrote a commentary of 12 volumes (Sharh al-Mudawwana) on the Mudawwana by Sahnun ibn Said and was considered a "qutb" (axis of his age) by his contemporaries.[2]

References

  1. Mohamed A. Benchekroun, La vie intellectuelle marocaine sous les Mérinides et les Wattasides, Rabat 1974, p. 172-7
  2. David S. Powers, Law, Society, and Culture in the Maghreb, 1300-1500, Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 59


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