Identification
Abū ʻAbd Allāh Šams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Badamāṣī al-Mālikī
الجليل ابو عبد الله شمس الدين محمد البدماصى المالكى
Titles: Šayḫ
Dates
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Floruit
Expressed
Arabic Literature of Africa, vol. 2, p. 50
Biographic comments
He was possibly from Egypt, because in one surviving manuscript, the author makes a reference to Upper Egypt. On the other hand, names such as Badmasi, Gbadamosi and Bidmus are widely used in Nigeria. (Arabic Literature in Africa, vol. 2, p. 50)