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At a glance

Roles: Scholar
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region: Maghreb
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Life in time

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Place in the story

ScholarTradition
JuristTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Sanhaji, known as Ibn Ajrum, a Sanhaja jurist and grammarian from Fez. He is known for the science of grammar, and his biography notes an inclination toward Sufism. ¹

Dates

The encyclopaedia says he was born in 672 AH (1273 CE) and died in 723 AH (1323 CE). ¹ These dates come from a single source, so they need an additional source.

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Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.33

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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Ajrum”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-ajrum-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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