Abu Abdallah Mohammed Amghar
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Moulay Abu Abdallah Mohammed Amghar ({{Langx|ar|أبو عبد الله محمد أمغار}}) (ca 1060) was a Moroccan Sufi saint during the reign of the Almoravid dynasty and the founder of the Taifa Sanhajiya, the earliest example of a Sufi order in the Maghrib. He is also the patron saint of Tit, a small village 12 kilometers from El Jadida.*Museum with no frontiers: The ribat of Tit (El-Jadida) http://www.discoverislamicart.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;ma;Mon01;33;en
External links
- Darr-sir.com: Moroccan Maraboutism, see "5. Ribat Tit al-Fitr" [http://www.dar-sirr.com/maraboutism.html retrieved on 04-22-2008]
- The moussem of El Jadida (mainly in French) [http://www.moulayabdellah.ma/le-moussem.php retrieved on 04-22-2008]
References
- Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Sufism: The Formative Period, p148
- Vincent J. Cornell, Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism 1998, p. 45
- The famous scholar Ibn Qunfudh also wrote on Abdallah Amghar. The book of his journeys in Morocco is entitled Uns al-faqir wa 'izz al-haqir, "the Convivial Company of the Wandering Poor and the Honorable Strength of the Contemptible." It can be found in the Royal Archives in Rabat: Bibliothèque Royal de Rabat N° 365, Madrid N° 186 (1406), Le Caire N°46. Bibliothèque Royal Rabat 8288-5354-3978
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