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Mahmud Kati

Mahmud Kati

16th-century Songhai scholar

Al Hajj Mahmud Kati (or Mahmoud Kati) (1468? – 1552 or 1593) was an African Muslim Songhai scholar. He is traditionally held to be the author of the West African chronicle Tarikh al-fattash, though the authorship is contested.[1]

Kati grew up in Kurmina but lived most of his adult life in Timbuktu. His tomb is the second largest in Timbuktu, after that of Mohammed Bagayogo, and is a site of pilgrimage.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Christopher Wise (2012). "Kati, Mahmoud". In Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Emmanuel Akyeampong; Steven J. Niven (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 309–312. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.


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