Abdul-Rahman al-Tha'alibi

Abdul-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (Arabic: أبو زيد عـبـد الـرحـمـن بن مـخـلـوف الـثـعـالـبـي, romanized: Abū Zayd ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Makhlūf ath-Tha‘ālibī) (1384 CE/785 AH – 15 March 1479 CE/875 AH) was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Imam and Sufi wali. Born near the town of Isser (86 km south east of Algiers), he was raised in a very spiritual environment with high Islamic values and ethics.