Abu Abd Allah Hamid Mohammed ibn Yusuf al-Arbi al-Fasi () (1580–1642), born to the ''al-Fasi'' family in Fas in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

, is the author of several books among which ''Mir'at al-Mahâsin min akhbar al-shaykh Abi al-Mahasin'' (The Mirror of exemplary qualities), written in 1636, is the best known. It is about his father

Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf ibn Mohammed Yusuf al-Fasi () (1530/1531 in Ksar-el-Kebir, Morocco – 14 August 1604 in Fes, Morocco) was a major figure of Moroccan Sufism and the founder of the Zawiya al-Fassiya in Fes. He belonged to the ''al-Fasi'' ...

and the beginnings of his family.

William Charles Brice William Charles Brice (3 July 1921 – 24 July 2007) was a British ethnographer and linguist. Biography Brice was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, and studied geography at Jesus College, Oxford, interrupting his studies to serve in India during the S ...

, ''An Historical atlas of Islam'', p. 302

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fasi, Mohammed Al-Arbi Moroccan writers 1580 births 1642 deaths 16th-century Moroccan people 17th-century Moroccan people Writers from Fez, Morocco 16th-century Arab people 17th-century Arab people