Abu-l-Hasan al-Tamgruti
Abu-l-Hasan Ali ibn Mohammed al-Tamgruti was a Moroccan author, ambassador, fqih and one of the most important officials of the Saadian court during the reign of Ahmad al-Mansur. He was in charge of the embassy to the Turkish sultan Murad III together with secretary of state Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali. He is best known because of the rihla of his journey to Istanbul in 1590-91. He was buried in the sanctuary of Qadi Ayyad in Marrakesh.
