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Mauritania

موريتانيا

Northwest African state between the Maghreb and the Sahel.

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Region
West Africa & Sahel · Maghreb
Identifiers
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Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishiti· Muhammad al-Amin al-Mithqab· Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti· Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shanqiti· Sidi ibn al-Mukhtar al-Abyiri· Sidiyya Baba
Burial place of
Moktar Ould Daddah
Birthplace of
Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti

People and things also explored

The Qadiri order (Qadiriyya)· Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Amin al-Shanqiti· Boutilimit· Medina· Paris· Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishiti· Moktar Ould Daddah· Muhammad al-Amin al-Mithqab

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Mauritania”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/mauritania/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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The Qadiri order traced to Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (d. 561 AH/1166 CE) — among the oldest and most widespread Sufi orders of the Islamic world.