The Desire of the Aspirant
(منية المريد)

Name: The Desire of the Aspirant
Author: Baba ibn Ahmad al-Alawi al-Maliki al-Maghribi al-Shingiti

Title	The Desire of the Aspirant
Title Original	منية المريد
Author	Baba ibn Ahmad al-Alawi al-Maliki al-Maghribi al-Shingiti
Publication Place	- [publisher not identified]
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	Library of Congress
Library Asset ID	2021667265
Record ID	22057227
Sample Text	Timbuktu (present-day Tombouctou in Mali), founded around 1100 as a commercial center for trade across the Sahara Desert, was also an important seat of Islamic learning from the 14th century onward. The libraries there contain many important manuscripts, in different styles of Arabic scripts, which were written and copied by Timbuktu's scribes and scholars. These works constitute the city's most famous and long-lasting contribution to Islamic and world civilization. In Munyat al-murīd (The desire of the aspirant), Baba ibn Ahmad al-Alawi al-Maliki al-Maghribi al-Shingiti presents an explanation of the lives and activities of the Sufi Tijānī order. The Tijāniyyah originated in North Africa in the 1780s and was soon established in West Africa. Here the author stresses the importance of individuals and groups within society paying attention to avoiding violence.
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The Desire of the Aspirant

(منية المريد)

Author Baba ibn Ahmad al-Alawi al-Maliki al-Maghribi al-Shingiti

Publication Place - [publisher not identified]

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library Library of Congress

Library Asset ID 2021667265

Record ID 22057227

Sample Text Timbuktu (present-day Tombouctou in Mali), founded around 1100 as a commercial center for trade across the Sahara Desert, was also an important seat of Islamic learning from the 14th century onward. The libraries there contain many important manuscripts, in different styles of Arabic scripts, which were written and copied by Timbuktu's scribes and scholars. These works constitute the city's most famous and long-lasting contribution to Islamic and world civilization. In Munyat al-murīd (The desire of the aspirant), Baba ibn Ahmad al-Alawi al-Maliki al-Maghribi al-Shingiti presents an explanation of the lives and activities of the Sufi Tijānī order. The Tijāniyyah originated in North Africa in the 1780s and was soon established in West Africa. Here the author stresses the importance of individuals and groups within society paying attention to avoiding violence.

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