Amadou Bamba
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Amadou Bamba, also known to followers as the Servant of the Messenger and Serigne Touba or "Sheikh of Touba", was a Sufi saint and founder of the Mouride Brotherhood.
Bamba, ca. 1913
Bamba (1918)
Touba
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Ṭouba is a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of 1,120,824 in 2023, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar. It is the holy cit
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). Amadou Bamba was born on the outskirts of 1270 A.H. (around 1853 A.D.) in…
The Great Mosque of Touba
Interior of the Great Mosque of Touba