Abu_al-Mahasin_Yusuf_al-Fasi

Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi

Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi

Moroccan Sufi (1530/31–1604)

Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf ibn Mohammed Yusuf al-Fasi (Arabic: أبوالمحاسن يوسف الفاسي) (1530/1531 in Ksar-el-Kebir, Morocco – 14 August 1604 in Fes, Morocco) was a major figure of Moroccan Sufism and the founder of the Zawiya al-Fassiya in Fes.[1] He belonged to the al-Fasi Family.[2] He is notable for his influence on the whole of northwest Africa. In 1578 he took part in the famous Battle of Ksar El Kebir against the Portuguese. He is the father of Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropaedia, ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, 1994, p. 691
  2. [2]
    Dennerlein, Bettina (1 July 2018). "al-Fāsī family". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
  3. [3]
    G. J. H. van Gelder (1996). Poetry, politics and polemics: cultural transfer between the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. Rodopi. p. 86. ISBN 978-90-420-0105-3.


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