Mukhtar al-Kunti — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Sidi al-Mukhtar ibn Ahmad al-Kunti (1729–1811), the leading scholar of the Qadiriyya movement in the Western Sudan who promoted the spread of Islam in West Africa; it recounts his birth in the Erg Oralla region north of Mabrouk, Mali, in the Kunta tribe, his study under Sidi Ali bin al-Najib of Araouane, his leadership from Azawad, his tribal mediations, his many writings, his teaching of Usman dan Fodio, and his death in 1226 AH (1811 CE) and succession by his son Muhammad and then his grandson Ahmed al-Bakkay.