Bamba, Amadu

by Seesemann, Rüdiger

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Amadu (Aḥmad) Bamba (also Ahmadou Bamba; b. 1853 or 1854 as Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Ḥabīballāh; d. 1927), of the Mbacké family in the Baol (Bawol) region of Senegal, became one of the most illustrious Sufi saints of West Africa and founder of the influential Murīdiyya Sufi order. While the Murīdiyya has attracted much scholarly interest—to the extent that we can speak of a “Murīdocentrism” in the literature about Islam in Africa—few studies have thoroughly explored the life and thought of its f…

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Amadu (Aḥmad) Bamba (also Ahmadou Bamba; b. 1853 or 1854 as Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Ḥabīballāh; d. 1927), of the Mbacké family in the Baol (Bawol) region of Senegal, became one of the most illustrious Sufi saints of West Africa and founder of the influential Murīdiyya Sufi order. While the Murīdiyya has attracted much scholarly interest—to the extent that we can speak of a “Murīdocentrism” in the literature about Islam in Africa—few studies have thoroughly explored the life and thought of its founder (Dumont; Seesemann Ahmadu Bamba ; Babou,

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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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