Ibn Razqa

Mauritanian poet and scholar
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Quick Facts

IntroMauritanian poet and scholar
A.K.A.Abdallah Ould Maham Ould Qadi
A.K.A.Abdallah Ould Maham Ould Qadi
PlacesMauritania
isPoet Scholar
Work fieldAcademia Literature
Gender
Male
Death1731
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Biography

Abdallah bin Muhammad bin al-Qdadi 'Abdallah (died 1731 CE), better known as Ibn Razqa, was a Mauritanian poet and scholar. He is sometimes referred to as "the father of the Mauritanian poets". He was the grandson of Abd-Allah al-Qadi (also known as Qadi Shinqit). A short biography of Ibn Razqa is contained in the beginning of Al-Wasit by Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti.

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