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Ahmad Baba, Scholar of Timbuktu

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ScholarScholar of Timbuktu

Ahmad Babaأحمد بابا التنبكتي

Approximate dateTimbuktu

A Timbuktu scholar carried off to Marrakesh after Morocco conquered Songhai.

From a family of scholars, he wrote over forty works, including a dictionary of Maliki scholars and a ruling against enslaving free Muslims of West Africa. After the Moroccan invasion of 1591 he was taken in chains to Marrakesh, where he taught until he was allowed home years later.

What grew out of it?

The Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu, guardian of the city's manuscripts, bears his name.

Who else is linked?

TimbuktuAhmad al-MansurSonghai Empire

Who lived at the same time?

Ahmad al-MansurMurad IIIMehmed IIIAkbarIdris AloomaShah Abbas IPhilip III of SpainAhmed I

Source: history · Wikipedia

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