Abu Yaaza
Maghrebi Sufi saint (died 1177)
About Abu Yaaza
Abū Yaʿazzā [or Yaʿzā] Yalannūr ibn Maynūn ibn ʿAbdallāh Dukkālī Hazmīrī al-Gharbī (d. 1 Shawwal 572/2 April 1177) (also Bouazza) was a 12th-century Maghrebi Sufi Saint.
Early life and career Abū Yaʿazzā was from a sub-Atlantic Berber tribe. He was a student of Abu Shuayb and the teacher of Abu Madyan.
He mausoleum is located in the eponymous town of Moulay Bouazza. Footnotes
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Maghrebi Sufi saint (died 1177)
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