Serigne Abdou Khadr Mbacké (Serigne Abdu Qadr Mbacke; Wolof: Sëriñ Abdu Xaadir Mbàkke; 1914-1990) was a Senegalese religious leader. He served as the fourth Caliph of the

Mouride The Mouride brotherhood (, ''aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyyah'' or simply , ''al-Murīdiyyah'') is a large ''tariqa'' (Sufism, Sufi order) most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia with headquarters in the city of Touba, which is a holy city for t ...

brotherhood, a large

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

order based in

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

, from 1989 until his death in 1990. He was the son of Sufi saint and religious leader Sheikh

Amadou Bamba Sheikh Amadou Bamba (1853–1927), also known to followers as the Servant of Muhammad, the Messenger () and Serigne Touba or "Sheikh of Touba", was a wali, Sufi saint and religious leader in Senegal and the founder of the Mouride Brotherh ...

Life

Serigne Abdou Khadr Mbacké was born in 1914 at Daaru Alimul Kabir in

Ndame Ndame Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Mbacké Department in the Diourbel Region of Senegal. Subdivisions The arrondissement is divided administratively into rural communities and in turn into villages. Notable people Serigne Abdou K ...

, Senegal to

(father) and Soxna Aminata Bousso (mother). He had the shortest term out of any other Mouride caliph, having served as Caliph for only eleven months.

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Mouride caliphs People from Touba, Senegal 1914 births 1990 deaths {{Sufism-stub