Ibn Shakrun or Abu Mohammed Abd al-Kadir ibn al-Arabi al-Munabbahi al-Madaghri ibn Shakrun al-Miknasi (died after 1727/28) was a Moroccan physician and poet and contemporary of

Moulay Ismael Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif ( ar, مولاي إسماعيل بن الشريف), born around 1645 in Sijilmassa and died on 22 March 1727 at Meknes, was a Sultan of Morocco from 1672–1727, as the second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty. He was the sev ...

. He wrote a commentary on a book of grammar, works of poetry and an urjuza (verse composition) on dietetics, hygiene and therapies, ''Al-Urjuza al-Shaqruniyya fi ilm al-tibb'' known as simply ''Shakruniyya'', which has remained a well-known work in Morocco for considerable time. He is also the author of a risala titled ''al-Nafha al-wardiyya fi l'-ushba al-kindiyya'' on

sarsaparilla Sarsaparilla often refers to the sarsaparilla soft drink, made from Smilax plants. Sarsaparilla may also refer to: Biology *Several species of plants, of the genus ''Smilax'', including: **''Smilax ornata'', also known as Honduran or Jamaican sar ...

and the treatment of

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. He is not to be confused with Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun al-Fasi (died 1801 or 1804), a religious scholar from

Fes Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...

, who played an active role in the accession of

Mulay Slimane ''Mawlay'' Sulayman bin Mohammed ( ar, سليمان بن محمد), born on 28 June 1766 in Tafilalt and died on 28 November 1822 in Marrakesh, was a Sultan of Morocco from 1792 to 1822, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was proclaimed sultan a ...

as a member of the so-called ahl al-hadith group.Rex S. O'Fahey, ''Enigmatic saint: Ahmad ibn Idris and the Idrisi tradition'', p. 37 (confuses the two)

References

*M. Lakhdar, ''La vie intellectuelle au maroc'', Rabat 1971, pp. 161–6 *Tazi, Badi (annotations), ''La médecine arabe au XVIIIe siècle à travers al "Urdjuza Ash-Shakruniyya"'' (bil. ar-fr)., 1984 (originally presented as the author's thesis (duktūrāh), Jāmiʻat Muhammad al-Khāmis, Rabat, 1980) Moroccan writers 17th-century Moroccan physicians 18th-century Moroccan physicians Linguists from Morocco Year of birth unknown 1728 deaths {{Morocco-scientist-stub