Editing Muhammad al-Muqri (section)

==Early life==
Muhammad Al-Muqri came from a well-known family whose descendants successively held government portfolios in Morocco. They trace their lineage back to 16th and 17th century historian and statesman [[Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari|Ahmed al-Moqri]] who, coming from [[Tlemcen]] in [[Algeria]], had settled in [[Fes]] then in [[Marrakesh]] to serve under [[Saadi dynasty|Saadi]] Sultan [[Ahmed Al-Mansur Al-Dhahabi]]. Muhammad al-Moqri was born in [[Oujda]]<ref>[http://www.oujdacity.net/regional-article-128352-ar/%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84.html ذاكرة مدينة وجدة المعرفية: الفقيه العلامة المكي المقري – الحلقة 11]</ref> (February 1851) to Abdesallam al-Moqri (1830–1903), who held the position of ''Lamin'' of [[Abd al-Hafid of Morocco|Moulay Hafid]], and a [[Fes|Fassi]] woman from the Zghari family.<ref name=ver>{{cite book|title=La formation des élites marocaines et tunisiennes Des nationalistes aux islamistes, 1920-2000|date=2002|publisher=La Découverte|pages=211|author=Pierre Vermeren}}</ref>