Al-Baji, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Saghir

الباجي محمد بن محمد الصغير

1698 CE · 1109 AH – 1772 CE · 1185 AH

A Tunisian historian whose full name is often misreported, since he is widely known by the kunya al-Saghir al-Baji.

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Roles
Historian
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Maghreb
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The Colonial Era · The Gunpowder Empires Contemporaries: Ibrahim Haqqi al-Erzurumi · Muhammad al-Tardi ibn Sawda · Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishiti · Mustafa al-Bakri · Ahmad al-Tijani

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  • HistorianTradition

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People and things also explored

Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abd al-Razzaq al-Bitar· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu al-Khayr al-Armuni· Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn al-Khawja· Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi· Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali· Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Baji, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Saghir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-baji-muhammad-al-saghir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.

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