Abu al-Rabi Sulayman ibn 'Abd Allah al-Hawwat Shafshawani (; 1747–1816) was a Moroccan historian,

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.Dwight Fletcher ''Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literacy Tradition'', University of California Press, 2001 p. 279

Bibliography

Works by Sulayman al-Hawwat: *''Thamarat ansi fi al-ratif bi-nafsi'', Morocco : Markaz al-Dirasat wa-al-Buhuth al-Andalusiyah, 1996. (This book-length, first person account covers the author's life and family, including his father's four brothers.) *On the Banu Suda al-Murri family from Fez: ''Al Rawda al maqsuda wa-l-halal al-mamduda fi ma'athir Bani Suda'' (2vols.), Casablanca, 1994 *An exhaustive treatise on the Dila'yun family: ''Al-Budiir al-Dawiyya a fi ta'rif bi-'l-Sadat ahl al-Zawiya al-Dila'iya'' *''Al-Sirr al-Zahir fi man ahraza bi Faz al-sharaf al-bahir min akab al-shaykh Abd al-Kadir'', Fez, s.a.

References

*M. Marin, "Knowledge, kinship and mysticism: the formative years of Sulayman al-Hawwat", in: ''

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'', vol. 31(2006) *Abdelkader Chauoui. "De como los marroquies escribian autobiografias en el siglo XVIII: image y nombre propio."in: Fernandez Parilla Gymmrc. ''El Magreb y Europa: literatura y traduccion'' ed. Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 1999, pp. 97–116 (article about ''Thamara Ansa'' by Sulayman al-Hawwat as the paradigm of the autobiography genre) Moroccan autobiographers 18th-century Moroccan historians 18th-century Moroccan poets 1747 births 1816 deaths People from Chefchaouen 19th-century Moroccan historians 19th-century Moroccan poets {{Morocco-writer-stub