Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad bin Aḥmad al-Warghi (Arabic: محمد الورغي), (circa 1713 – 1776) was a Tunisian writer and poet in the 18th century. he belonged to the tribe of Warghah, which was settling near the city of

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in the south, or said to be on the border of Tunisia and Algeria. Al-Warghi was educated and taught during the reign of Ali Bey I, and was his court poet. His wulogy poetry is divided between Ali Bey I and Ali II.

Biography

Mohammed bin Ahmed al-Wrghi was born in the village of Wargha, located at Jabal Warghahh between the village of Al-Tuwairf and the city of

El Kef El Kef ( ar, الكاف '), also known as ''Le Kef'', is a city in northwestern Tunisia. It serves as the capital of the Kef Governorate. El Kef is situated to the west of Tunis and some east of the border between Algeria and Tunisia. It has a ...

, around 1707–1713. He first joined the Madrasahs and learned the Qur'an, fiqh, history, modern sciences, logic, Arabic linguistics at the

Al-Zaytuna Mosque Al-Zaytuna Mosque, also known as Ez-Zitouna Mosque, and El-Zituna Mosque ( ar, جامع الزيتونة, literally meaning ''the Mosque of Olive''), is a major mosque at the center of the Medina of Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia. The mosque is the o ...

in Tunis. Then, He sat down to teach at Al-Zaytouna Mosque later, and worked as a writer in the office of Ali Bey I. He was imprisoned in 1755 during the reign of

Muhammad I ar-Rashid Muhammad I ar-Rashid ( ar, أبو عبد الله محمد الرشيد باي; 1710 – 12 February 1759) was the third leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1756 until his death. See also *Rejeb Khaznadar Rejeb K ...

and died in 1776.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Warghi, Muhammad 1713 births 1776 deaths 18th-century poets from the Ottoman Empire 18th-century male writers