Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Jaznai
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Abu al-Hassan Ali al-Jaznai (living in the 14th century) was a Moroccan historian
and author
of Kitab Tarikh madinat Fas, al-maruf bi-Zahrat al-as fi bina madinat Fas or simply Zahrat al-As (The Myrtle Flower), an important source on the history of Fez
and its inhabitants.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of Kitab Tarikh madinat Fas, al-maruf bi-Zahrat al-as fi bina madinat Fas or simply Zahrat al-As (The Myrtle Flower), an important source on the history of Fez
Fez
Fez may refer to:*Fez , a brimless felt hat, once widespread in the Ottoman Empire*Fes, a city in Morocco**FEZ, the IATA code of Fes-Saïss Airport*Free Economic Zone*Fez , a painting by an American artist...
and its inhabitants.
External links
- E. Levi-Provencal, Fondation de Fès, Fès-Alger, mars 1939 http://www.wikimazigh.com/wiki/Encyclopedie-Amazighe/Encyclo/Fes-Fondation (Retrieved, January 22, 2011)