Mohammed Awzal

Muhammad bin Ali al-Hawzali (Arabic: محمد بن علي الهوزالي, Berber languages: Mhemmed U Ɛli Awzal; 1680–1749) is the most important author in the literary tradition of the Tachelhit language. He was born around 1680 in the village of al-Qaṣaba (Elqeṣba) in tribal territory of the Induzal, in the region of Sous in Morocco and died in 1749.

Muḥammad bin Ali al-Hawzali
محمد بن علي الهوزالي
The first page of an 18th-century manuscript of Muḥammad al-Hawzali's al-Ḥawḍ, part I (adapted from N. v.d. Boogert 1997 plate I)
Born1670
Died1749
Academic background
InfluencesIbn al-Jawzi
Ahmed bin Nasser
Academic work
InfluencedMuhammad al-Hudhayki

His full name in Arabic is Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Akbīlī al-Hawzālī (or al-Indūzālī) al-Sūsī. He is the author of several works in Shilha and Arabic which are preserved in manuscripts.

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