Mohammed al-Hazmiri

Abu Abd Allah Mohammed ibn Mohammed ibn Abd Allah ibn Tijillat al-Hazmiri al-Marrakushi (born in Nafis, near Aghmat fl. 1320) was a Moroccan writer of the 14th century, member of the zawiyya Hazmiriyya and author of Itimid al-aynayn wa-nushat an-nazir in fi manaqib al-ahawayn Abi Zayd wa-Abi Abd Allah al-Hazmiryyayn.[1] This work, written in the beginning of the 14th century, during the reign of the Merinid dynasty is about the Hazmiri saints of Aghmat, father Abd al-Karim, the founder of the aforesaid zawiyya, his wife (passim) and their two sons.[2]

References

1. Juan José Sánchez Sandoval, "La Literatura Hagiográfica en el Magreb Occidental (siglos XII-XIV)", in: AM, 8-9 (2000-2001), p. 32 Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved January 31, 2011)
2. David Ayalon, Moshe Sharon, Studies in Islamic history and civilization: in honour of Professor David Ayalon, Brill, 1986, page 356