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Kuntī, Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼī, approximately 1803-1865

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Personal name headingKuntī, Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼī, approximately 1803-1865
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Variant(s)Ahmad al-Bakkai, Shaykh, approximately 1803-1865
Ahmad al-Bakkai al-Kunti, approximately 1803-1865
Aḥmad al-Bakkāy, approximately 1803-1865
Aḥmad al-Bakkāy al-Kuntī, approximately 1803-1865
Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼ ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī, approximately 1803-1865
Al-Baka'i, Sheikh, approximately 1803-1865
Bakkāʼī al-Kuntī, Aḥmad, approximately 1803-1865
El Bekay, Mohamed, approximately 1803-1865
Kounta, El-Bakkay, approximately 1803-1865
Kuntī, Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼ ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mukhtār, approximately 1803-1865
Kuntī, Aḥmad al-Bakkāy, approximately 1803-1865
كنتي، أحمد البكاء, نحو 1803-1865
كنتي، أحمد البكاء بن محمد بن المختار، نحو 1803-1865
Al-Bakkay al-Kunti, Ahmad,
Birth date1803~
Death date1865-02
Place of deathTimbuktu (Mali)
AffiliationQādirīyah
Profession or occupationMuslim scholars
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inBarth à Tombouctou, 2019: title page (Aḥmad al-Bakkāy al-Kuntī) page 9 (Aḥmad al-Bakkāy; footnote, reference to thesis by Abdelkader Zebadia, SOAS, 1974: Ahmad al-Bakkay of Timbuctu) pages 10-12 (Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼ b. Muḥammad b. al-Muḫtār al-Kuntī, born near Mabrūk around 1803; began his studies with his grandfather al-Muḫtār (al-Kabīr, le grand), deceased in 1811, leader of the Qādiriyya in West Africa; Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼ b. Muḥammad al-Kuntī replaced his older brother al-Muḫtār (al-Ṣaġīr, le petit), deceased in 1847, as spiritual leader of the Qādiriyya; his reign coincided with the Qādiriyya-Tijāniyya conflict [Umarian jihad], the arrival of European explorers, and the French colonial penetration; Aḥmad al-Bakkāy died in February 1865; some authors give different dates, e.g. 6 February 1866 in Zebadia) page 66 (Kounta El-Bakkay) page 70 (Mr Mohamed El Bekay al quoreychi [i.e. Qurayshi]) Arabic title page (Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼ ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī)
Wikipedia, February 11, 2020 (Ahmad al-Bakkai al-Kunti; born 1803 in the Azawad region north of Timbuktu; died 1865 in Timbuktu; one of the last Kunta family shaykhs, whose prestige and religious influence were interwoven with the Qadiri brotherhood and the economic fortunes of the Timbuktu region)
Boahen, A. Adu. Britain, the Sahara, and the Western Sudan, 1788-1861, 1964: pages 192-194 (Sheikh Al-Baka'i of Timbuctu; Al-Baka'i; belonged to the family recognized as the head of the Qadiriyya order in the Sahara and the western Sudan and the political head of the Arab Kunta tribe)
Oxford Reference website, February 11, 2020 (Ahmad al-Bakkai al-Kunti (d. 1865); Bakkai al-Kunti, Ahmad al- (1865), in The Oxford dictionary of Islam; Bakkāʼī al-Kuntī, Aḥmad al- , in The Oxford encyclopedia of the Islamic world)
Brill reference site, February 11, 2020 (al-Bakkāʼī, Aḥmad; Aḥmad al-Bakkāʼī (c. 1803-66), shaykh of the Kunta nomads and the Saharan Qādiriyya from 1847 to 1866)
English, Charlie. The storied city: the quest for Timbuktu..., , viewed online February 11, 2020: pages 227-228 (Shaykh Ahmad al-Bakkai; died in battle, fighting for Timbuktu)
LC database, 4 Jan 2023: (hdg.: Al-Bakkay al-Kunti, Ahmad)
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