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Serigne Mountakha Mbacké

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Serigne Mountakha Mbacké
Caliph of the Mouride Brotherhood
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2018
Preceded bySerigne Sidi Moukhtar Mbacké
Personal details
Born1930
Senegal

Serigne Mountakha Mbacké (born 1930) is the current, and eighth, Caliph of the Mouride brotherhood, a large Sufi order based in Senegal. He assumed office in January 2018 after the death of the seventh Caliph, Serigne Sidi Moukhtar Mbacké. He is the oldest grandson of the founder of the brotherhood, Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba, who died in 1927, and the son of Serigne Mouhamadou Bassirou Mbacké ibn Khadim Rassoul.

References

  1. "Décès du khalife des mourides, Serigne Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké". Senenews. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  2. "Serigne Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké repose désormais à Gouye Mbind". Senenews. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. Qui est Serigne Mountakha Bassirou, nouveau calife général des mourides du Sénégal?
Caliphs of the Mouride brotherhood


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