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Ahmad Baba al-Massufi,
Ahmed Baba Es Sudane, or
Ahmed Baba, the black (
October 26,
1556 –
1627), full name Abu Al-'abbas Ahmad Ibn Ahmad Al-takruri Al-Massufi, was a medieval
West African writer, scholar, and political provocateur in the area then known as the
Western Sudan. Through out his life, he wrote more than 40 books and is often noted as having been
Timbuktu’s greatest scholar.
Ahmad Baba was the son of a noted scholar and teacher, Ahmad bin al-Hajj Ahmad bin Umar bin Muhammed Aqit. Born at
Araouane, he moved to
Timbuktu at an early age, to study with his father and with a scholar known as
Mohammed Bagayogo (sometimes spelled Baghayu'u); there are no other records of his activity until 1594, when he was deported to Morocco, where he remained until 1608 over accusations of sedition. Ahmad Baba's surviving works remain the best sources for the study of al-Maghili and the generation that succeeded him. Ahmad Baba was considered the Mujjadid (reviver of religion) of the century.
The only public library in Timbuktu, the Ahmed Baba Institute (which stores over 18 000 manuscripts) is named in his honour.
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