Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi

He was the leading writer from Ahmad al-Mansur's court in Morocco next to Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali.[1] His family was called the Ibn al-Qadi, a Berber family that belonged to the Miknasa tribe, a tribe of the Zenata confederation.Their ancestor was the Miknasi tribal chief, Musa ibn Abi al-Afiya.[1] The Ibn al-qadi family gave birth to distinguished people, who, during the previous centuries, had held high political or religious offices and had become famous as islamic scholars.[1] A number of Ibn al-Qadi's scholarly works survive, including two collections of biographies of great documentary value:
Shihab al-Din abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al-QalqashandiMeknesMoroccoMoroccan literatureList of writersWomen writersArabicTamazightLiterary theoryEl MajdoubChoukriBen JellounZafzafEl MalehChraîbiMernissiLeo AfricanusKhaïr-EddineQamaripolygraphAhmad al-MansurAbd al-Aziz al-FishtaliBerberMiknasaZenataLévi-Provençal, ÉvaristeToufiq, Ahmed