Al-Marrakushi
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Abd al Wahid Al-Marrakushi (b. 1185) was a renowned Muslim historian, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician from Marrakech, in present day Morocco.
From any early age he was engrossed in various academic pursuits, studying in both Marrakech and Fez until he was twenty-three and left for al-Andalus (Spain). Arriving there in 1208, he stayed for nine years before returning to the Maghreb. In 1224 he completed Kitab al-mujib fi talkhis akhbar ahl al-Maghrib, a history of the Almohad dynasty preceded by a summary of Andalusian history from the Muslim conquest until 1087.
Al-Marrakushi crater, on the Moon, is named after him.
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- Abdel Wahid al-Marrakushi, The History of the Almohades, edited by R. Dozy; Leiden: 1881.
