Abu Muqri Mohammed al-Battiwi
Abu Muqri (or Miqra) Mohammed ibn Ali al-Battiwi () (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-Battiwi 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. He was a native of the Rif region of Morocco.

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Moroccan writers
Medieval Moroccan astronomers
Astronomers of the medieval Islamic world
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14th-century Moroccan people