Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Maghili, commonly known as Muhammad al-Maghili (died ca. 1505) was an Islam

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ic scholar from Tlemcen

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, a city situated in modern-day Algeria

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. Maghili led a campaign to expel the city's Jewish community, which had migrated there after the Roman Sack of Jerusalem

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, and was successful. Many of the Jews were indeed expelled from Tlemcen and their synagogue was destroyed. He also served as an advisor for Muhammad Rumfa

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, Emir of the Hausa

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 city-state Kano

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, and wrote a treatise on government, On The Obligations of Princes.

Original manuscripts of his work are available from the United Nations World Digital Library

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