Muhammad al-Maqqari

Muhammad al-Maqqari (Arabic: أحمد المقري) was an Islamic scholar from Tlemcen. He served as a maliki qadi (Islamic jurist) and belonged to the renowned al-Maqqari family, being the grandfather of the famous historian Ahmad al-Maqqari. He was born in Tlemcen; however, his exact date of birth is unshared, as it was a tradition within his family not to disclose their birthdates.

Muhammad was a close confidant of the Marinid sultan Abu Inan Faris, who honored him by building a madrasa for him in Fez (in present-day Morocco). Originally named al-Madrasa al-Mutawakkiliya, it is more commonly known today as the Bou Inania Madrasa. He died in 759 AH (c. 1358 CE) in Fez and was subsequently buried in Tlemcen, in the Bustan (garden) next to his native house near Bab al-Sarf.