Abū Muqriʾ (or al-Muqriʾ, or Miqra) Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Baṭṭiwī () (fl. 1331) was a Moroccan astronomer who wrote a poem () on the calendar, astronomy and the determination of the hours of Moslem prayer. According to the German orientalist Carl Brockelmann, al-Baṭṭiwī was the commanding general of the Marinid sultan of Morocco, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman.
His work was commented upon in the 15th century by Abd al-Rahman al-Jadiri, the (time-keeper) at the Qarawiyyin Mosque, and the mathematician Al-Qalasadi.G.S. Colin and H.P.J. Renaud, "Note sur le "muwaqqit" marocain Abu Muqri ou mieux Abu Miqra-al Battiwi", Hespéris XXV (1938), p. 94-6 He was a native of the Rif region of Morocco.
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