Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali


Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali or al-Fistali, fully Abu Mohammed or Abu Faris 'Abd el-'Aziz ben Mohammed ben Ibrahim es-Sanhaji al-Fishtali was the Moroccan secretary of state for correspondence and leading poet from Ahmad al-Mansur's court. al-Fishtali was a native of the Beni Mellal region. al-Fishtali wrote 69 poems, numbering 1016 verses. The one surviving work of al-Fishtali, as the chief scribe of al-Mansur's state is: Manahil al-safa fi ma'athir mawalina al-shurafa . It is considered to be the main source of information for the dynasty of Ahmad al-Mansur.