Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti
# Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti

Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (ca. 1863–1913) is one of Mauritania's most famous writers. He is the author of the geographical, literary and historical compendium Al-Wasit fi tarájim udaba al-Shinqit, ed. Fuad Sayyid, Cairo 1958. The survey is the only major Arabic-language work about Mauritania published by a Mauritanian author.

