RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ahmad al-Tijani

1735 - 1815

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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad al-Tijani is the 1,543rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,308th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Algeria (down from 56th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Algerian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ahmad al-Tijani ranks 1,543 out of 3,187Before him are Claudia Augusta, Jacob Sprenger, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Meher Baba, Thomas Williams, and John XIV of Constantinople. After him are Naropa, Rimbert, Jean Zerbo, Ibn Asakir, Hujr ibn Adi, and Michael the Syrian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Ahmad al-Tijani ranks 15Before him are August Ludwig von Schlözer, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Torbern Bergman, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, John Carroll, and Paul Revere. After him are Johann Karl August Musäus, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Dmitry Levitzky, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Ignacy Krasicki, and Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Among people deceased in 1815, Ahmad al-Tijani ranks 19Before him are Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 9th Dalai Lama, Charles Lee, John Carroll, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Richard Bassett. After him are James Gillray, Matthias Claudius, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Torii Kiyonaga, Solomon II of Imereti, and John Singleton Copley.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Ahmad al-Tijani ranks 62 out of 213Before him are René Viviani (1862), Rabah Madjer (1958), Ali Kafi (1928), Gaston Julia (1893), Nicole Garcia (1946), and Kateb Yacine (1929). After him are Djamila Bouhired (1935), Alphonse Juin (1888), Rachid Taha (1958), Al-Busiri (1213), Rabah Bitat (1925), and Kusaila (640).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Algeria

Among religious figures born in Algeria, Ahmad al-Tijani ranks 5Before him are Saint Monica (332), Sidi Boushaki (1394), Jean-Marc Aveline (1958), and Maximilian of Tebessa (274). After him are Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889), and Optatus (400).