Ali ibn al-Qattan
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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Mohammed ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi (died 1231) was an imam, a hadith scholar and one of the leading intellectuals of the time of the Almohad dynasty in Morocco
. He was born in Cordoba, Spain
and lived in Fez, Morocco. He is the author of Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar and Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam.
Ibn al-Qattan is presumed to be the father of the historian Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Qattan al-Marrakushi, author of Nazm al-juman.
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. He was born in Cordoba, Spain
Córdoba, Spain
-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...
and lived in Fez, Morocco. He is the author of Kitab al-nazar fi ahkam al-nazar bi-hassat al-basar and Bayan al-Wahm wa al-iham al-waqi'in fi kitab al-ahkam.
Ibn al-Qattan is presumed to be the father of the historian Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Qattan al-Marrakushi, author of Nazm al-juman.