Ibn al-Zayyāt, Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyá, -1229 or 1230

ابن الزيات، يوسف بن يحيى

found: His al-Tashawwuf ilá rijāl al-taṣawwuf, 1984:t.p. (Abū Yaʻqūb Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyá al-Tādilī, ʻurifa bi-Ibn al-Zayyāt) p. 4 of cover (Abū Yaʻqūb Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyä at-Tādilī [in rom.])

found: Ziriklī(Ibn al-Zayyāt; Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyá ibn ʻĪsá ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Tādilī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj, al-maʻrūf bi-Ibn al-Zayyāt, d. 627/1230

found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Ibn al-Zayyat al-Tadili; Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn al-Zayyat al-Tadili; historian, jurist, judge; born in Tadla, Morocco; received an education in the various fields of Islamic law; accepted the position of qadi among the Ragraga Berbers west of Marrakesh; best known for the hagiographical collection he authored, the Tashawwuf ila rijal al-tasawwuf; his work emphasis on individuals of Berber origin served to counterbalance the heavily Arabo-centric character of North Africa; authored a commentary on the Maqamat of the eastern author al-Hariri; he died while serving as qadi of the Ragraga and was buried outside the Bab al-Khamis quarter of Marrakesh; died 1230 in Marrakesh, Morocco)