jan 1, 1735 - Tijāniyyah

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The Tijāniyyah (Arabic: الطريقة التجانية‎, romanized: Al-Ṭarīqah al-Tijāniyyah, lit. 'The Tijānī Path') is a Sufi tariqa (order, path), originating in the Maghreb but now more widespread in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Niger, Chad, Ghana, Northern and South-western Nigeria and some part of Sudan. The Tijāniyyah order is also present in the state of Kerala in India. Its adherents are called Tijānī (spelled Tijaan or Tiijaan in Wolof, Tidiane or Tidjane in French). Tijānī place great importance on culture and education, and emphasize the individual adhesion of the disciple (murid).

Abū al-ʻAbbās Ahmad ibn Muhammad at-Tijāniyy or Ahmed Tijani (Arabic: أحمد التجاني‎, 1735–1815), was an Algerian Berber who founded the Tijaniyyah tariqa (Sufi order).

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