Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shanqiti

محمد بن محمد المختار الشنقيطي

c. 1970 CE · c. 1390 AH† – c. 2019 CE · c. 1440 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Mauritania

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Scholar
Era
The Contemporary Era
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

1920193019401950196019701980199020002010202020302040 c.
The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Aziz al-Qari' · Abd al-Hussein Mubarak · Abd al-Karim ibn Sunaytan al-Amri · Abd al-Sattar Abu Ghudda · Abd Allah Qadri al-Ahdal

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Mauritania

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Mauritania

People and things also explored

Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishiti· Moktar Ould Daddah· Muhammad al-Amin al-Mithqab· Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti· Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti· Sidi ibn al-Mukhtar al-Abyiri· Sidiyya Baba· Mauritania

Sources

  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shanqiti”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-muhammad-al-mukhtar-al-shanqiti/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Ahmad ibn Hamallah al-Tishiti

A Mauritanian scholar known by the nisba of his homeland, Tishit, and descended from the Sharif Ahmad.