الأسر العلمية و إسهاماتها الحضارية ببلاد السودان الغربي من القرن 15 م إلى القرن 19 م : أسرة آل أقيت نموذجا

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This research paper aims to shed light on the Al Aqit scientific family, which is considered one of the brightest scientific families that have emerged in West Africa during the modern era.

Perhaps this emergence is an extension of the phenomenon of scientific families that the Islamic world has known in its various regions, hence the research paper came as an attempt to define this family and highlight its civilizational role in The Western Sudan.

This study concluded by confirming that there are several circumstances that contributed to the emergence of the academic reputation of the Aqit family, including: intermarriage with the And-ag -Muhammad family, which opened the doors of knowledge and leadership for them, by virtue of the status of this family in Tinbuktu, as well as the political stability that the Kingdom of Songhay experienced, which made it known for its Intellectual and cultural development.

And like so, Tinbuktu became a metropolis of science, a destination for science students and scholars, and a popular market for the trade of books in The Western Sudan.