[The Autobiography of Ibn Ajiba] The Autobiography of a Moroccan Soufi:
Ahmad Ibn 'Ajiba
(1747-1809)
Introduced and Translated from the Arabic by Jean-Louis Michon
Ibn Ajiba, an 18th-century Moroccan saint in the Darqawi Sufi lineage, wrote his fahrasa or autobiography not for the pleasure of talking about himself but "to celebrate God's kindness" by informing others of the graces bestowed on him. This account details Ibn Ajiba's travels in search of both secular and spiritual knowledge; his entrance on a Sufi pat