Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Al-Fulani Al-Kishwani was an early 18th century Fulani mathematician, astronomer, mystic, and

astrologer Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects. Dif ...

from Katsina, present-day Northern Nigeria. Al-Kishwani studied at the Gobarau Minaret in Katsina before leaving for Cairo, Egypt in 1732, where he published in Arabic a work titled, "A Treatise on the Magical Use of the Letters of the Alphabet" which is a mathematical scholarly manuscript of procedures for constructing magic squares up to the order 11. As words of encouragement to the reader he writes: Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art ... Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance. Al-Kishwani died in Cairo, Egypt in 1741. He was 42.Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Al-Fulani Al-Kishwani
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18th-century astronomers 1690s births 1741 deaths Year of birth uncertain African mathematicians {{Nigeria-scientist-stub