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Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi
Abu Abd Allah Hamid Mohammed ibn Yusuf al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642), from Fas in Morocco is the author of several books among which Mir'at al-Mahâsin min akhbar al-shaykh Abi al-Mahasin (The Mirror of exemplary qualities), written in 1636, is the best known. It is about his father Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi and the beginnings of his family.
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