Abdelwahab Benmansour | |
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Born | 1920 |
Died | 12 November 2008 |
Academic background | |
Influences | Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri |
Academic work | |
Era | 20th-century |
Main interests | History of Morocco and al-Andalus |
Abdelwahab Benmansour ( Arabic: عبد الوهاب بن منصور ; born 1920, Fes – died 13 November 2008, Rabat) was a Moroccan historian and civil servant. His most important work is "The tribes of Morocco" ( Arabic: قبائل المغرب), a historical study of Moroccan tribes and their origins. He also edited some previously unpublished works such as a 15th-century detailed manuscript about the history of Ceuta as well as works by al-Baydhaq and Ibn Tumart, the eminent Imam and spiritual leader of the Almohads. [1] [2]
Abdelwahab Benmasour was the official histographer of the Kingdom of Morocco working under Mohammed V, Hassan II and Mohammed VI. [1]