Serigne Sidi Moukhtar Mbacké (also spelled Serigne Sidy Muqtar Mbacke; Cheikh Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké) (11 July 1924 – 9 January 2018) was a Senegalese religious leader. He served as the Caliph of the

Mouride The Mouride brotherhood ( wo, yoonu murit, ar, الطريقة المريدية ''aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyyah'' or simply , ''al-Murīdiyyah'') is a large ''tariqa'' ( Sufi order) most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia with headquarters in ...

movement, a large Sufi order based in

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

, from 1 July 2010 until his death on 9 January 2018.

Life

Serigne Sidi Moukhtar Mbacké was the son of Sheikh Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacke (1891-1936), who was the third son of

Amadou Bamba Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke ( wo, Ahmadu Bamba Mbacke, ar, أحمد بن محمد بن حبيب الله ''Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb Allāh'', 1853–1927) also known to followers as Khādimu 'al-Rasūl () or "The Servant of the Messenger" a ...

. Mokhtar Mbacké became Caliph on 1 July 2010, following the death of his predecessor, Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké. Mbacké was already 85 years old at the time. Cheikh Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké died on 9 January 2018, at the age of 93. He had been in declining health for several months. He was buried in the village of Gouye Mbind.

References

1924 births 2018 deaths Mouride caliphs People from Touba, Senegal 21st-century caliphs {{Sufism-stub