Mohammed Awzal

Mohammed Awzal

1680 – 1758

Mohammed Awzal (Berber: Mḥemmed U-Ɛli U-Brahim Akʷbil Awzal / n Yinduzal; 1680–1749) is the most important author in the literary tradition of the Berber Shilha language. He was born around 1680 in the village of al-Qaṣaba in tribal territory of the Indouzal, in the region of Sus in Morocco and died in 1749.
His full name in Arabic is Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Akbīlī al-Hawzālī (or al-Indūzālī) al-Sūsī. (or). He is the author of several works in Shilha and Arabic which are preserved in manuscripts.