Al-Luqaimi

Mustafa As'ad al-Luqaimi, (Arabic: مصطفى أسعد اللقيمي, 1693-1765) was an Arab traveler born in Damietta, Egypt, whose family hailed from the village of Luqaim in Hejaz. He died in Damascus.^[1] He is known for his visit to Jerusalem which he chronicled in his book Mawāniḥ al-uns bi-riḥlatī li-Wādī al-Quds; in his work, he listed the many scholars and holy men buried in the neighborhood of Mamilla.^[2] During the visit, he joined the Sufi Khalwati order at the hands of its leader Mustafa ibn Kamal ad-Din al-Bakri.^[3]

References

Citations

1. Rafeq 2000, p. 69.
2. Al-'Asali 2000, p. 282.
3. Rafeq 2000, p. 70.

Sources

• Al-'Asali, Kamal J. (2000). "The Cemeteries of Ottoman Jerusalem". In Auld, Sylvia; Hillenbrand, Robert; Natshah, Yūsuf Saʻīd (eds.). Ottoman Jerusalem: the Living City, 1517-1917. Vol. 1. Published on Behalf of The British School of Archaeology In Jerusalem in Co-operation with the Administration of Auqaf and Islamic Affairs, Jerusalem, by Altajir World of Islam Trust. ISBN 978-1-901-43503-0.
• Rafeq, Abdul-Karim (2000). "Ottoman Jerusalem in the Writings of Arab Travellers". In Auld, Sylvia; Hillenbrand, Robert; Natshah, Yūsuf Saʻīd (eds.). Ottoman Jerusalem: the Living City, 1517-1917. Vol. 1. The British School of Archaeology In Jerusalem in Co-operation with the Administration of Auqaf and Islamic Affairs, Jerusalem, by Altajir World of Islam Trust. ISBN 978-1-901-43503-0.