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Ahmed Al-Makkari, the author or compiler of the present work, derived his surname from a village near Telemsan called Makkarah, where his family had been established since the conquest of Africa by the Arabs.
The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain. By AHMED IBN MOHAMMED AL-MAKKARI of Telemsan. Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund. 2 vols. 4to. 1840-43. "The second day was that when Martel broke The Mussulmen, delivering France opprest, And in one mighty conflict, from the yoke Of unbelieving Mecca saved the West." The Arab domination in Spain is the grand romance of European history.
He was born at Telemsan some time in the latter half of the sixteenth century, and educated by his uncle, who held the office of Mufti in that city; but having quitted his native country in 1618 on a pilgrimage to Mekka, he married and settled in Cairo.
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