At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · mystic
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Spirituality and SufismScripture and its sciences
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishitti, a Mauritanian Sufi scholar, known by his nisba to his homeland of Tishit. His lineage goes back to the Sharif Ahmad. He was born in 1695 CE (1107 AH) and died in 1755 CE (1169 AH). 1
Both dates are recorded as reported dates and need an additional source. The rest of his life needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The seven ahruf· Hadith· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishiti”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-ibn-hamallah-al-tishiti/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.