Alfā Hāshim

by Seesemann, Rüdiger

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Alfā Hāshim Muḥammad al-Hāshimī b. Aḥmad b. Saʿīd Tāl (b. c.1865, d. 1931 or 1932) was a celebrated scholar of West African origin and leader of the Tijāniyya Ṣūfī order (founded by Sīdī Aḥmad al-Tijānī, 1737–1815). He is a fine example of a Muslim religious leader whose lifespan connects two historical periods, the premodern and the modern, and whose impact was felt in various parts of the Islamic world. According to his biographer Muḥammad al-Ḥāfiẓ b. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, he was born in Segu Sikoro…

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Alfā Hāshim Muḥammad al-Hāshimī b. Aḥmad b. Saʿīd Tāl (b. c.1865, d. 1931 or 1932) was a celebrated scholar of West African origin and leader of the Tijāniyya Ṣūfī order (founded by Sīdī Aḥmad al-Tijānī, 1737–1815). He is a fine example of a Muslim religious leader whose lifespan connects two historical periods, the premodern and the modern, and whose impact was felt in various parts of the Islamic world. According to his biographer Muḥammad al-Ḥāfiẓ b. ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, he was born in Segu Sikoro (

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Seesemann, Rüdiger

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