Ahmad Baba al Massufi
Politician, Author
1556 – 1627
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Who was Ahmad Baba al Massufi?
Ahmad Baba al-Massufi al-Timbukti, full name Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Takruri Al-Massufi al-Timbukti, was a medieval West African 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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- Born
- Oct 26, 1556
Araouane - Profession
- Died
- Apr 22, 1627
Timbuktu
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on July 23, 2013
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