Ahl Taleb al-Mukhtar

Ahl Taleb al-Mukhtar
أهل طالب المختار
EthnicityArab
LocationMauritania
LanguageHassaniya Arabic
ReligionSunni Islam

Ahl Taleb al-Mukhtar (in Arabic: أهل طالب المختار) is a Moorish tribe in Mauritania.[1] It is the clan of the renowned shaykh and anticolonial leader Ma al-'Aynayn.[2]

History and Origins

The Ahl Taleb al-Mukhtar claim a Sharifian descent from ancestors that had migrated in the 17th century from Tafilalt in Morocco to Mauritania.[1] They specifically claim an Idrisid genealogy. Spanish officer Doménech Lafuente, however, claims that they descend from Lamtuna Berbers.[2]

Religious Order

The Ahl Taleb al-Mukhtar family is largely Sufi, belonging to the Qadiriyya order. One of the family patriarchs, Muhammad Fâdil ben Mâmîn, founded one of its branches, called the Fadiliyya.[3] It spread across much of Mauritania and West Africa, mainly in Senegal, through his two sons, Cheikh Saad Bouh and Ma al-'Aynayn[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Hodges, Tony (1983). Western Sahara: The Roots of a Desert War. L. Hill. ISBN 978-0-7099-1295-8. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  2. ^ a b Martin, B. G. (1976). "Ma' al-'Aynayn al-Qalqami, Mauritanian Mystic and Politician". Muslim Brotherhoods in Nineteenth-Century Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-521-53451-2.
  3. ^ "Itineraire du fondateur de la tariqa Fadiliyya - Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. ^ Boubrik, Rahal (1999). Saints et société en Islam: La confrérie ouest-saharienne Fâdiliyya. CNRS Éditions. doi:10.4000/books.editionscnrs.4028. ISBN 978-2-271-05695-5. Retrieved 2019-11-26.

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