Cairo
Awwad al-Tahlamushi was born in Tahlamush in Morocco in 800 AH and studied at al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. On his way to the pilgrimage he stayed two years in…
Awwad al-Tahlamushi was born in Tahlamush in Morocco in 800 AH and studied at al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. On his way to the pilgrimage he stayed two years in Alexandria, where he took the Shadhili path, and after ten years in the Hijaz he settled in Egypt. With the approval of Sultan Qaytbay he became imam of the main mosque of Qalyub and its judge, and served until he passed away in 878 AH. His shrine is in the main mosque of Qalyub, the town at the northern edge of greater Cairo.