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Umar Ibn Ali Ibn Samura : Tabaqat Fuqaha Al-Yaman (Generations of Jurists of Yemen) (1190)

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Taken from: Die Ausbreitung der safi’itischen Rechtsschule von den Anfangen bis zum 8./14. Jahrhundert by Heinz Halm

After that, Ahmad ibn Matrub al-Habasi, a learned faqih had in Du Asraq close to Ibb, among his disciples, a certain Ahmad ibn Al-Mazakban from the island of Maqdisu (Mogadishu) in the land of the Blacks….

Another safitische faqih, Yusuf b. Abdallah al-Muzakki, was the mudarris (teacher) in Kalguer, also in the land of Habash (north Somalia)

 This small anecdote about a student of a safitisch faqih coming from Mogadishu is important as it is among the first mentions of the town. The next one is Yakut (1220).