A son of the last independent ruler of the Fezzan, ʿAbd al-Jalīl, who fell at the battle of Baghla in 1842.
Works
1. Riyy al-jalīl fī akhbār Banī ʿAbd al-Jalīl. MS: Paris (BN) 1893. Written in Paris in 1862: the relationship between this work and the transl. published by Subtil (1844), 3-30, has yet to be established.
Cite this page
“Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Jalīl b. Ghayth b. Aḥmad b. Ṣayf al-Naṣr”, in:
Arabic Literature of Africa Online, General Editor John O. Hunwick, R.S. O’Fahey.
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