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Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari

1578 - 1632

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Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī al-Tilmisānī (or al-Maḳḳarī) (أحمد المقري التلمساني), (1577-1632) was an Algerian scholar, biographer and historian who is best known for his Nafh at-Tib ,S a compendium of the history of Al-Andalus which provided a basis for the scholarly research on the subject until the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari is the 3,259th most popular writer (down from 2,564th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Algeria (down from 78th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Algerian Writer.

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Among writers, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari ranks 3,259 out of 7,302Before him are Rutka Laskier, Christopher Hampton, Robert Fisk, Maria Dąbrowska, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, and Miguel Torga. After him are Heo Nanseolheon, Janet Frame, Joan Brossa, Holger Drachmann, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, and Amy Lowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1578, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari ranks 14Before him are Fede Galizia, Agostino Tassi, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Benedetto Castelli, and John Webster.  Among people deceased in 1632, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari ranks 27Before him are Abraham Janssens, Albert Girard, David Vinckboons, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Philippe van Lansberge, and Giovanni Battista Crespi. After him are Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, and Thomas Dekker.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari ranks 92 out of 213Before him are Quintus Lollius Urbicus (150), Yasmina Khadra (1955), Abderrahmane Farès (1911), Fernand Bouisson (1874), Thelma Schoonmaker (1940), and Alain Chabat (1958). After him are Alexandre Villaplane (1905), Alain Mimoun (1921), Idir (1949), Pierre Blanchar (1892), Patrick Bruel (1959), and Optatus (400).

Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari ranks 15Before him are Kateb Yacine (1929), Al-Busiri (1213), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Mohammed Dib (1920), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), and Yasmina Khadra (1955). After him are Mouloud Mammeri (1917), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Tahar Djaout (1954), Jean Amrouche (1906), and Jules Roy (1907).