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Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Jaznai

Abu al-Hassan Ali al-Jaznai () (who lived in the 14th century) was a Maghrebi 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), a source on the history of the city Fes (in today's Morocco) and its inhabitants.

Biography

Ali al-Jaznai was born into the al-Jaznai family, a well-known medieval Berber family belonging to the Zenata Igzennayen (Jeznaya) tribe.

References

External links

  • E. Levi-Provençal, Fondation de Fès, Fès-Alger, mars 1939 Wikimazigh - Fondation de Fès (retrieved 30 December 2013)
  • Zahrat al-As, Abd al-Wahhab b. Mansur (ed.) 2nd edn. Rabat: Al-Matba'a al-Malikiyya, 1991