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词条 Ahmad al-Bakkai al-Kunti
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Ahmad al-Bakkai al-Kunti (1803 in the Azawad region north of Timbuktu – 1865 in Timbuktu) was a West African Islamic and political leader. He was one of the last principal spokesmen in precolonial Western Sudan for an accommodationist stance towards the threatening Christian European presence, and even provided protection to Heinrich Barth from an attempted kidnapping by the ruler of Massina, Amadu III. In a letter to the ruler, which was rather a fatwa he denied the former's right to have Barth arrested or killed and his belongings confiscated, as the Christian was neither a dhimmi (a non-Muslim subject of a Muslim ruler) nor an enemy of Islam, but the native of a friendly country, that is Great Britain. He went as far as to deny Ahmad Ahmad ibn Muhammad Lobbo the right to proclaim a jihad and called him "the ruler over a few huts at the outskirts of the Islamic world".{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}

Al-Bakkai was also one of the last Kunta family shaykhs, whose prestige and religious influence were interwoven with the Qadiri brotherhood and the economic fortunes of the Timbuktu region. His voluminous correspondence provides a rare, detailed glimpse into political and religious thought in 19th century West Africa regarding the primary concerns of; the nature of the Imamate/ caliphate in Sahelian and Sudanese communities, issues surrounding the encroaching Christian powers, and the growing politicalization of Sufi tariqah affiliation.[1]

References

  • Heinrich Barth, Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa. London 1857-58, vols. 4 & 5.
  • Albert Adu Boahen, Britain, the Sahara and the Western Sudan 1788 to 1861. Oxford 1964 (containing an English translation of the fatwa in favour of Heinrich Barth).

Notes

1. ^John Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
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8 : 1803 births|1865 deaths|Malian Sufis|History of Mali|Massina Empire|People of French West Africa|19th-century African people|History of Azawad

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