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•i h T U W A T SAAL-Q HIYAATM RA Zaglu. 'Zawiyat Kunta ,in Sa,ah "Smara •Tit Aqabli. T I D I K E L T •Mur2uq F A Z Z A N <? if 4? O A H A G G A R UJIL •Kidyat lj|il A D R A R .Wadgn •Azukki •Shmqiti A D R A R 0 F THE I F O G H A S T A G A N T •Rashid Qasr al-Baraka* • Tijikja A Z A W A D i i i I 1 I I 1 ,3 A U 0 A R 0 5 0 100 150 200 300 400 km H A W D TazakhN.Walata B I R U -i h NORTH AND NORTHWEST AFRICA IN THE PATH OF ALLAH IN THE PATH OF ALLAH THE PASSION OF AL-HAJJ 'UMAR An Essay into the Nature of Charisma in Islam JOHN RALPH WILLIS Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies Princeton University FRANK CASS First published 1989 in Great Britain by FRANK CASS & CO. LTD. 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN and in the United States of America by FRANK CASS 270 Madison Ave, New York NY 10016 Transferred to Digital Printing 2005 Copyright © 1989 John Ralph Willis British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Willis, John Ralph In the path of Allah. 1. Islam. Tal, Umar, 17947-1864. I. Title 297\092'4 ISBN 0-7146-3252-X Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Willis, John Ralph. In the path of Allah : the passion of al-Hajj 'Umar : an essay into the nature of charisma in Islam / John Ralph Willis. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-7146-3252-X 1. Tal, Umar, 17947-1864. 2. Muslims—Senegal—Biography. 3. Tijanlyah members—Senegal—Biography. 4. Charisma (Personality trait)—Case studies. I. Title. BP80.H23W55 1989 297\4,0924—-dcl9 88-21907 [B] CIP All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy ing, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Frank Cass and Company Limited. Cover illustration: border from Depont and Coppolani, Les Confreries religieuses musulmanes, Algiers 1897; portrait probably fictional. TO RUTH WHO SHOWED THE WAY CONTENTS Map of the Western Sudan endpapers Acknowledgements ix Preface xi I The 'Umarian Jama4a 1 II Jihad fi Sabil Allah 29 III The Turudiyya and the "Seal" of Jihad 57 IV Pilgrimage in the Path of Allah 78 V Hijra in the Path of Allah 105 VI The Jihad 127 VII The Mystic Shaykh 145 VIII Dissension in the Niger Bend 166 IX The Collapse of Hamdullahi 192 Glossary 228 Bibliography 234 Index 247

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