Ahmed al-Ghubrini
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Ahmed al-Ghubrini | |
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| Title | Qadi |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1264 |
| Died | 1314 |
| Nationality | Algerian |
| Home town | Béjaïa |
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| Notable work(s) | 'Unwan al-diraya fi man 'urifa min al-'ulama'fi l-mi'a al-sabi'afi Bijaya [Ornament of knowledge on those known scholars of Bejaïa in the seventh century AH] |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Ahmed al-Ghubrini was a scholar, chronicler, biographer and qadi born in Béjaïa in 1264 and originally from Djurdjura.[1][2][3][4]
He was born in the year 1264 in Béjaïa and was the son of Aba Al-Qasim Ahmed Al-Ghubrini, a scholar who took over the fatwa in Tunisia.[2][5] He attended seminars in the great mosque of Béjaïa and the Zitouna mosque.[5] He was able to gain knowledge from many scholars including Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haq al-Ansari al-Baja'i, Abu al-Faris Abd al-Aziz Ibn Makhlouf, Abu Abdullah al-Tamimi al-Qalai, Muhammad al-Umayyi, Abu Abdullah al-Kinani al-Shatibi and Abu al-Hasan al-Azdi.[5] His book 'Unwan al-diraya fi man 'urifa min al-'ulama'fi l-mi'a al-sabi'afi Bijaya [Ornament of knowledge on those known scholars of Bejaïa in the seventh century AH] contains the biographies of 149 scholars.[5]
