Mohammed bin Mahrez Al-Wahrani | |
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Born | Oran |
Died | 1179 Darayya |
Occupation(s) | scholar, prose writer |
Rukn al-Din Abu Abdullah Mohammed ibn Mahrez ibn Mohammed al-Wahrani al-Maghribi (Arabic: محمد بن محرز الوهراني) was a Maghreb writer from the twelfth century AD / 6 AH who lived most of his life in the East. He was born in Oran and grew up there during the period of stagnation of the Almoravid state . He travelled several time to the East in 1156, in which he lived in Damascus in the Zangid state and visited Ayyubid Cairo. He died in Daraya near Damascus. In literature he left many dreams, maqamat and letters, which were achieved by Ibrahim Shaalan and Muhammad Naghsh and collected in a book entitled "Al Wahrani’s dreams, Maqamat and messages"(Original title manamat alwahranii wamuqamatih warasayilihi) in 1968.[1][2]