Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi

For the Egyptian encyclopedist see Shihab al-Din abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al-Qalqashandi.

Shihab al-Din abu l-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Mohammed ibn Mohammed ibn Ahmed ibn Ali ibn 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi'l-'Afiyya al-Miknasi az-Zanati , known simply as Ahmad ibn al-Qadi or Ibn al-Qadi (1552/15531616), was a Maghrebi polygraph. He was the leading writer from Ahmad al-Mansur's court next to Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali.

Biography Ahmad ibn al-Qadi was born in Fez in 1552/1553. His family was called the Ibn al-Qadi, a Berber family that belonged to the Miknasa tribe, a tribe of the Zenata confederation. Their ancestor was the Miknasi tribal chief, Musa ibn Abi al-Afiya. Several members of this family were established in Fez and Meknes. Appendix to obituaries of the notable names.