Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti
Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (ca. 1863–1913) is one of Mauritania's most famous writers. He is the author of the geographical, literary and historical compendium Al-Wasit fi tarájim udaba al-Shinqit, ed. Fuad Sayyid, Cairo 1958. The survey is the only major Arabic-language work about Mauritania published by a Mauritanian author. Bibliography Chouki El Hamel, "The Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in Moorish Society from the Rise of the Almoravids to the 19th Century", Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 29, Fasc. 1 (Feb., 1999), pp. 62–87 References Mauritanian male writers 1860s births 1913 deaths 20th-century historians People from Adrar Region Mauritanian historians 20th-century male writers