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Ma al-'Aynayn
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Ma al-'Aynayn | |
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| Native name | الشيخ ماء العينين |
| Born | February 10, 1831 Adrar |
| Died | October 23, 1910 (aged 79) Tiznit, Morocco |
| Buried | Zawiya of Ma' al-'Aynayn, Tiznit |
| Battles / wars | French conquest of Morocco[1] |
Mohamed Mustafa Ma al-'Aynayn (Arabic: محمد مصطفى ماء العينين; c. 1830–31 in Oualata, present-day Mauritania – 1910 in Tiznit, Morocco; complete name Mohamad Mustafa ben Mohamad Fadel Maa al-'Aynayn ash-Shanguiti Arabic: محمد مصطفى بن محمد فاضل ماء العينين الشنقيطي) was a Saharan Moorish religious and political leader who fought French and Spanish colonization in North Africa.[2] He was the son of Mohammed Fadil Mamin (founder of the Fadiliyya, a Qadiriyya Sufi brotherhood), and the elder brother of shaykh Saad Bouh, a prominent marabout (religious leader) in Mauritania.
- ^ Miller, Susan Gilson, A History of Modern Morocco, Cambridge University Press, pp. xiii–xiv, doi:10.1017/cbo9781139045834.001, ISBN 978-1-139-04583-4
- ^ الظريف, محمد (2003). الحياة الأدبية في زاوية الشيخ ماء العينين من التأسيس إلى قيام المسيرة الخضراء (in Arabic). مطبعة بني إزناسن. OCLC 945661706.
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