Ahmed ibn Nasir

Who was Ahmed ibn Nasir?

Ahmed ibn Nasir was a Moroccan Sufi writer and teacher of the Nasiriyya zawiyya of Tamegroute, son of its founder Mohammed ibn Nasir. He made six pilgrimages to Mecca and made each of these pilgimages into a journey of several years. Sidi Ahmed ibn Nasir travelled to Ethiopia, Arabia, Egypt, Iraq and Persia. During his travels he took the opportunity of establishing new branches of the Sufi brotherhood. He wrote a series of memoirs of his journeys called the Rihla. He brought back numerous works from all parts of the Islamic world, which formed the basis of the library of the Tamegroute.