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Identification
Muḥammad al-Qināwī al-Miṣrī
محمد القناوي المصري
Dates
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Floruit
Inferred
Biographic comments
Egyptian Mālikī scholar who studied in Cairo. In the second half of the 10th century H (i.e. after 1540 G), he moved to Sūdān and settled in Berber. He built a mosque in Berber and was teaching there. He also acted as a qāḍī. He was still alive in the 11th century H, when he taught his grandson who was born ca. 1040 H / 1630-31 G.
Additional information
References
- Place Place of activity Berber, SD
- Place Place of activity Cairo / al-Qāhira, Cairo Governatorate, EG
Bibliographical references
- Arabic Literature of Africa. Volume 1. The Writ... on page 34, 37
- The Sufi Brotherhoods in the Sudan: 19 on page 19
- Kitāb al-ṭabaqāt fī ḫuṣūṣ al-awliyā' wa-al-ṣāli... on page 101-102 (nr 33)