Ahmad al-Tijani
Ahmad al-Tijani | |
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أحمد التجاني | |
The house where Al Tijani was born in the old Ksar of Aïn Madhi, Algeria | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1735 |
| Died | 1815 (aged 79–80) |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Tariqa | Tijaniyyah (founder) |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Aḥmad |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Maḥmad ibn al-Mukhtār |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Tijānī al-Ḥasanī |
Abū al-ʻAbbās Ahmad ibn Muhammad at-Tijāniyy or Ahmed Tijani (Arabic: أحمد التجاني, 1735–1815), was an Algerian Sharif who founded the Tijaniyyah tariqa (Sufi order).