Ibn Razqa

Ibn Razqa or Abdallah Ould Maham Ould Qadi (died in 1144 AH/ 1731 AD) was a well-known poet and scholar from Mauritania. He is sometimes called "the father of the Mauritanian poets".[1] He was the grandson of Abd-Allah al-Qadi (also known as Qadi Shinqit). A short biography of Ibn Razqa is contained in the beginning of Al-Wasit by Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti.

Notes and bibliography

  1. ↑ Scott Steven Reese, The transmission of learning in Islamic Africa: No. 2, ed. Brill, 2004, p. 128
  • Abdallah Ould Khalifa, Geneviève Désiré-Vuillemin, La région du Tagant en Mauritanie: L'oasis de Tijigja entre 1660 et 1960, Karthala Editions, 1988, ISBN 2-86537-894-2, p. 110
  • Ulrich Rebstock, Maurische Literaturgeschichte 1: 74-6 (no. 254), 2001, ISBN 3-935556-73-X



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