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Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh b. Yaḥẓih al-Gunānī Aj-Jakanī
(807 words)

d. 1347/1928–9

Sources

See: Ibn Ḥāmidun/Mawsūʿa: Tajakānat; Ould al-Bara 650; MLG 1692; Muʿjam al-ʿAṣṣāba wa-Tagānt 151; Muʿjam at-Trārza 135; Ibn Ḥāmidun/Mawsūʿa: Thaqāfa; Ibn Ḥāmidun and Heymowski 194–5; Naḥwī/Bilād Shinqīṭ 592. Note that MLG 1692 (5, 7, 8 and 9) attribute to this author works by Muḥammad “Tabbū” b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Awbak (d. 1369/1949).

Biography

Alt. name: Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh b. Yaḥẓih al-Qunānī (القناني) (MLG); Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh b. Yaḥẓih al-Gunānī (الكناني) (Ould al-Bara).

Teachers: Muḥammad Maḥmūd b. Baytār; M…

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“Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh b. Yaḥẓih al-Gunānī Aj-Jakanī”, in: Arabic Literature of Africa Online, General Editor John O. Hunwick, R.S. O’Fahey. Consulted online on 25 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2405-4453_alao_COM_ALA_50030_1_73>



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