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Identification
Ibn al-Naḥwī, Yūsuf b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf Abū al-Faḍl al-Tawzarī
ابن النحوي٬ يوسف بن محمد بن يوسف ابو الفضل التوزري
Titles: šayḫ, ṣūfī
Dates
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Birth
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Death
Biographic comments
He was born in Tawzar (Tunisia) and studied with a number of scholar of his time, for example the jurist Abū al-Ḥasan al-Laḫamī (d. 478 H.) and Muḥammad b. ʻAlī al-Māzarī (d. 536 H.). He also moved to different place of Algeria and Morocco teaching grammar, fiqh, uṣūl al-fiqh. He is best remembered for his poem named al-Munfariǧa, a popular supplication in verse (ǧīmiyya).
Additional information
References
- Place Place of birth Tawzar, TN
- Place Maghreb
Bibliographical references
- Muʻǧam al-ta'rīḫ al-turāṯ al-islāmiyya fī makta... on page 4015, n. 11061
- al-Aʻlām: qāmūs tarāǧim, vol. 8, Nāfiʻ b. Ẓarīb... on page 247-248