Amadou Bamba

Amadou Bamba
Bamba, ca. 1913
Born1853
Mbacké, Kingdom of Baol
(modern Senegal)
Died1927 (aged 73–74)
Touba, French Senegal, French West Africa
(in modern Diourbel Region, Senegal)
Resting placeTouba
TitleSufi saint (Wali)
ParentMame Diarra Bousso

Amadou Bamba (1853–1927), also known to followers as the Servant of the Messenger (Arabic: خادِم الرسول, romanized: Khādim al-Rasūl) and Serigne Touba or "Sheikh of Touba", was a Sufi saint and founder of the Mouride Brotherhood (the Muridiyya).

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