Ibn Ghazi al-Miknasi

ابن غازي المكناسي (Known as "Ibn Ghazi")

Mathematician, Jurist, Linguist, Professor at the Qarawiyyin

Born 1437

Meknes, Morocco

Passed Away 1513 Fez, Morocco

Lifespan 76 years old

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"Knowledge is an indivisible tree: the numbers calculate what the law ordains with equity."

Archival Overview

Polymathic 15th-century scholar of Meknes and Fez who held the chair of mathematics and Maliki law at the University of al-Qarawiyyin, author of the mathematical commentary Bughyat al-Tulab.

Biographical Record

Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ghazi was born in Meknes and rose to become the premier intellectual authority of the Wattasid era. Teaching at the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, his lectures encompassed arithmetic, inherited property calculation (fara'id), Arabic philology, and Quranic exegesis.

His celebrated mathematical treatise *Bughyat al-Tulab fi Sharh Munyat al-Hussab* explained Ibn al-Banna's algorithms with pedagogical brilliance. During the Portuguese siege of Tangier, he accompanied the defenders to rally their spirits with his profound moral authority.

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Bab Ftouh Cemetery
Fez, Morocco

                         GPS: 34.0550, -4.9650                    

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