Ibn Razqa
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Ibn Razqa or Abdallah Ould Maham Ould Qadi (died in 1144 AH/ 1731 AD) was a well known poet and scholar from Mauritania
. He is sometimes called "the father of the Mauritanian poets". He was the grand-son of Abd-Allah al-Qadi (also known as Qadi Shinqit). A short biography of Ibn Razqa is contained in the beginning of Al-Wasit by Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti
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Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
. He is sometimes called "the father of the Mauritanian poets". He was the grand-son of Abd-Allah al-Qadi (also known as Qadi Shinqit). A short biography of Ibn Razqa is contained in the beginning of Al-Wasit by Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti
Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti
Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti is one of Mauritania's most famous writers. He is the author of the geographical, literary and historical compendium Al-Wasit fi tarájim udaba al-Shinqit, ed. Fuad Sayyid, Cairo 1958...
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