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, Abu ’l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. D̲j̲amīl b. saʿd al-dīn , an Andalusian Mālikī scholar who settled in Jerusalem and died there in 605/1208. Born and educated in Mālaḳa, al-Maʿāfirī left his native town early in his life and, like many of his compatriots at the time, travelled east for the dual purpose of performing the pilgrimage and acquiring knowledge. Though the sources mention that al-Maʿāfirī did some writing, they do not name any of his works. We know of only one extant…

, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ḏj̲amīl b. Saʿd al-dīn, savant mâlikite andalou qui se fixa à Jérusalem, où il mourut en 605/1208. Né et élevé à Mālaḳa, il quitta de bonne heure sa ville natale et, comme tant de ses compatriotes, se rendit en Orient pour accomplir le pèlerinage et acquérir de nouvelles connaissances. Les sources disent bien qu’il écrivit quelques ouvrages, mais elle n’en citent aucun. On n’en connaît qu’un, un ms. unique, autographe et sans titre conservé à la Bibl. Chester Beatty de Dublin et catalogué (ms. 3016) sous le titre de Biographies of famous women. Ce ms. c…