Lalla Fatima Zahra bint Hassan

Lalla Fatima Zohra (died in 1894) was an Alawi Princess who went down in history as a learned woman. She was the daughter of Moulay Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1836–1894).

Lalla Fatima Zahra
Died1894
HouseAlaouite dynasty
FatherHassan I of Morocco
ReligionIslam

Biography

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Princess Lalla Fatima Zahra[1] was the daughter of Sultan Moulay Hassan I, the identity of her mother was not preserved. The princess was a woman of letters and faqīha who donated a large part of her princely literary collection[2] for the benefit of the library of the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fes.[2] Her collection contained 273 volumes.[2]

She charitably endowed (waqf) her literary collection to the hizana of al-Qarawiyyin. Among the books was kitab ihtisar al-nihaya wa l'Tamam fi ma'rifat al-wathaiq wa al-ahkam li Ibn Harun (Summary of the end and completion of knowledge of documents and rulings by Ibn Harun), by Ali Ibn Abdullah al-Matety.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Binebine, Ahmed-Chouqui (1992). Histoire des bibliothèques au Maroc (in French). Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines. p. 83.
  2. ^ a b c Binebine, Ahmed-Chouqui (1992). Histoire des bibliothèques au Maroc. Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines. p. 165.
  3. ^ "تحميل كتاب اختصار النهاية والتمام في معرفة الوثائق والاحكام لأبن هارون ل pdf". كتاب بديا (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-11.