Abdallah ibn Azzuz

{{Moroccan literature}}

Abdallah ibn Azzuz or Abu Mohammed Abdallah ibn Azzuz al-Kurashi al-Shadhili al-Marrakushi also known as Sidi Balla (died 1789) was a writer from Morocco. He mainly wrote on mysticism,see his Tanbih al-tilmidh al-muhtadi but also on medicine. Ibn Azzuz's Mahab al-kuzuf wa-nafy al-zulumai fi il al-tibb wa l-tabai wa l-hikma, a collection of therapeutic formulae, was especially well-known.L. Leclerc, La Chirurgie d'Abulcasis, Paris 1861, II, pp. 307-8 and H.P.J Renaud, L'Initiation au Maroc, Paris, 1945, pp. 183-4 His work about medicinal plants, Kashf al-rumuz was equally well-known.