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Muhammed ibn Muhammed al-Fulani al-Kishnawi was a Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and a mystic. who hails from Katsina State in modern day Nigeria. He is from the Fulani ethnic group of West Africa. He traveled to Egypt and in 1732 wrote a manuscript of procedures for constructing Magic square up to order eleven, as words of encouragement to the reader he writes ‘’Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art. Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance." He died in Cairo, in 1741