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Identification

ʻUmar b. Saʻīd al-Fūtī Tāl عمر بن سعيد الفوتي تال

Titles: Ḥāǧǧ

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One of the most prominent figures of the Tiǧāniyya in Western Africa. He waged ǧihād against local pagan kingdoms and French colonizers in Fuuta Toro .

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