Ahmed al-Mandjur


Abul-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ali al-Mandjur al-Miknasi al-Fasi was a Moroccan scholar of theology and law and a prominent teacher at the Qarawiyyin University. He is known to have educated qadis for several Moroccan towns. Between 1579 and 1585 he spent much time in Marrakesh, where he taught the Moroccan sultan Ahmad al-Mansur. He is the author of theological commentaries and especially his fahrasa is of great renown. He was the father of the well-known writer Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi.