| LC control no. | n 85142428 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Maghīlī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, -1503 or 1504 |
| Variant(s) | Al-Maghīlī, -1503 or 1504 Maghīlī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, d. 1503 or 4 Maghīlī, Mahammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karim, -1503 or 1504 Maghīlī, Muḥammad, -1503 or 1504 Mughaylī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, -1503 or 1504 Mughīlī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, -1503 or 1504 مغيلي، محمد بن عبد الكريم مغيلي، محمد بن عبد الكريم، -1503 or 1504 مغيلي، محمد بن عبد الكريم، d. 1503 أو 4 مغيلي، محمد بن عبد الكريم، ت. 1503 أو 4 |
| Associated country | Algeria |
| Associated place | Nigeria Mali |
| Birth date | 1440~ |
| Death date | 1505~ [1503,1504] |
| Place of birth | Tlemcen (Algeria) |
| Place of death | Touat Region (Algeria) |
| Field of activity | Islam--Doctrines |
| Profession or occupation | Muslim scholars Muslim religious leaders |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | His Ajwibat al-Maghīlī ʻan asʼilat al-Amīn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Askiyā, c1985: p. 29 (Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Maghīlī) p. 42 (d. 909H/1503-4M) Kaḥḥālah (Maghīlī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Muḥammad, d. 909H/1503M) al-Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Maghīlī wa-atharuhu al-iṣlāḥī ... 2002-: v. 1, p. 49, etc. (al-Imām al-Maghīlī, b. 831 H. = 1427 M., madīnat Maghīlah, d. 909 H. = 1505 M.) Oxford Reference (website), Dictionary of African biography, viewed January 23, 2021 (Maghili, Muhammad al- (c. 1440-c. 1505); Algerian Islamic religious figure; born in Tlemcen western Algeria, around 1440 to Berber parents of the Maghila tribe; his full name is Muhammad or Mahammad ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Maghili; famous for his role in anti-Jewish activities in the oasis of Tuat, southern Algeria, and for missionary activities in the Bilad al-Sudan, influencing spread of Islam in kingdoms along the bend of the Niger River; traveled to Tuat on trans-Saharan trade route to Tuat possibly 1477/78; incited mob attack on synagogue of Tuat around 1490; left Tuat shortly afterward, continued to West Africa where he preached in several places, including Taggeda, Katsina, and Kano; moved to Gao in the late 1490s, where he gave legal responses to Askiya Muhammad (Shariʻa, translation by John Hunwick published in 1985), reflecting two central issues for him: demarcation of boundaries between Muslims and non-Muslims, and identification of "bad" and "good" Muslims; around 1500 he received news that Jews in Tuat had killed one of his sons; returned to Tuat, retired at the oasis, died in 1503/04 or 1504/05) Britannica.com, January 23, 2021 (Al-Maghīlī; African scholar; aggressive reformist scholar (flourished 1492) whose writings detailed the conditions that would justify a jihad against Muslims who practiced their faith inadequately; identified himself as a mujaddid, a figure expected to appear around the turn of each Muslim century) |
| Associated language | ara |
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