Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Malian academic
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Place of Birth: Araouane, Taoudénit Region, Mali
About Ahmad Baba al Massufi
- Ahmad Baba al-Massufi al-Timbukti, full name Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Takruri Al-Massufi al-Timbukti (October 26, 1556 – April 22, 1627), was a Sanhaja Berber writer, scholar, and political provocateur in the area then known as the Western Sudan.
- Throughout his life, he wrote more than 40 books and is often noted as having been Timbuktu’s greatest scholar.
- He died in 1627.
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