| Intro | Moroccan writer | ||
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Astronomer Historian |
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| From | Morocco | ||
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Science Social science |
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| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 1 January 1631, Fes, Fez (Prefecture), Fès-Meknès, Morocco | ||
| Death |
1 January 1685 (aged 54 years) |
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Abu Zaid Abd al-Rahman Abu Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (Arabic: أبو زيد عبد الرحمن أبو محمد بن عبد القادر الفاسي; c. 1631–1685) was a Moroccan writer in the field of law, history, astronomy and music. He wrote some 170 books and has been called the Suyuti of his time. He was a follower of his father, the Sufi saint Abd al-Qadir Ibn Ali Ibn Yusuf al-Fasi (1599–1680).
Books by al-Fasi
- Hawashi ala Kalam, Fez 1899
- Ibtihaj al-qulub bi khabar al-Shaykh Abi al-Mahasin wa wa shaykhihi al-Majdhub (a biography of Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi and other Moroccan sheikhs)
- Sharh al’ Amal al-Fasi (treatise on law), lithography, Fes, ed. Al-Matba’a al Maghribiya, 1899
- Bu Şinaq, translated by Nicolae Dobrişan, ANA, 2nd vol., p. 128–134.
- al-Djumu fi ilm al-musiqi wa’l tubul (The gatherings in the theory of music and the musical modes)