Ibrahim Niass

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title: Ibrahim Niass
text: Ibrāhīm Niasse (1900–1975)—or French: Ibrahima Niasse, Wolof: Ibrayima Ñas, Arabic: شيخ الإسلام الحاج إبراهيم إبن الحاج عبد الله التجاني الكولخي Shaykh al-'Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh at-Tijānī al-Kawlakhī —was a Senegalese major leader (wolof) of the Tijānī Sufi order of Islam in West Africa. His followers in the Senegambia region affectionately refer to him in Wolof as Baay, or "father." Niasse was the first West African to have led al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt, after which he was
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description: Senegalese sufi saint (1900–1975)
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date created: 2005-08-26T06:45:40Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T11:35:02Z
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