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Members of the Qadiriyya living here, Saint-Louis, Senegal

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There are several Sufi orders in Senegal.

The Xaadir (Qādiriyya) is the oldest and founded in Baghdad by the Sufi mystic Abdul Qādir al-Jilānī in the 12th century, now pan-Islamic, spread to Senegal in the 18th Century.

His portrait is at the far left, with his name in Arabic :

عبدالقادر الجيلاني

The members of this family probably belong to this Muslim brotherhood.

 

The most important brotherhoods in Senegal are:

 

- The Xaadir (Qādiriyya), the oldest, founded in Baghdad by the Sufi mystic Abdul Qādir al-Jilānī in the 12th century, spread to Senegal in the 18th Century.

- The Tijaniyyah, the largest in membership, founded in Fez, Morocco by the Algerian born Cheikh Sīdī 'Aḥmad at-Tijānī.

- The Mourides, the richest and most active, founded by the Islamic leader Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1850–1927) of French West Africa, now Senegal.

- The Layene are a smaller Sufi order, centered at Yoff, north of Dakar.

 

I will try to found out about the other portraits, but I had understood that they were Gilani's son and grandson. ( no, I don't think so)

If you know, let me know!

 

 

searching, but: Cheikh Hadramé est né en 1910, sept ans avant la disparition de Cheikhna Cheikh Saadbou. Son père est Cheikh Sidibouya le premier fils de Cheikhna Cheikh Saadbouh.

 

www.boromansar.com/cheikhna-cheikh-saad-bouh/

 

Submitted: 25/01/2018

Accepted: 25/01/2018

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