Babou, Cheikh Anta Mbacké. <br/><br/>
Fighting the greater jihad  Amadu Bamba and the founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913 /  [electronic resource] : 
Cheikh Anta Babou. 
 - Athens :  Ohio University Press,  c2007. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 294 p.) :  ill., map. 
 - New African histories series .
 - New African histories series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index. 
<br/><br/>Islam, society, and power in the Wolof states -- The Mbakke: the foundations of family traditions -- The emergence of Amadu Bamba, 1853-95 -- The founding of the Muridiyya -- Murid conflict with the French colonial administration, 1889-1902 -- Slow path toward accommodation I: the time of rapprochement -- Slow path toward accommodation II: making Murid space in colonial Bawol -- Conclusion. 
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<br/><br/> In Senegal, the Muridiyya, a large Islamic Sufi order, is the single most influential religious organization, including among its numbers the nation's president. Yet little is known of this sect in the West. Drawn from a wide variety of archival, oral, and iconographic sources in Arabic, French, and Wolof, Fighting the Greater Jihad offers an astute analysis of the founding and development of the order and a biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Amadu Bamba Mbacke. Cheikh Anta Babou explores the forging of Murid identity and pedagogy around the person and initiative of Amadu Bamba as wel 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>[S.l.] : <br/>HathiTrust Digital Library, <br/>2010. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821442579 (electronic bk.) 0821442570 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, 1852-1927. <br/>Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, 1852-1927. <br/>Bamba, Ahmadu.<br/>Bamba, Ahmadu.<br/>Bamba, Ahmadu, 1852-1927 <br/>Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, 1852-1927. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Geschichte 1850-1900 <br/>Geschichte 1900-1950 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Murīdīyah--Senegal--Biography.<br/>Islam and politics--History.--Senegal<br/>Islamic sects--Senegal.<br/>Murīdiyya--Senegal--Geschichte.<br/>Sufismus--Senegal--Geschichte 19. Jh.<br/>Muriden.<br/>Bildung.<br/>Muriden.<br/>Islam and politics.<br/>Islamic sects.<br/>Murīdīyah.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General<br/>RELIGION / Islam / General
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Senegal.<br/>Senegal.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Biography.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP80.B238  / B33 2007eb (Online) 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.4/8