Ibrāhīm Niass—also written Ibrahima Niasse in French

French language

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, Ibrayima Ñas in Wolof

Wolof language

Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and is the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo language family...

, Shaykh al-'Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh at-Tijānī al-Kawlakhī in Arabic

Arabic language

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, شيخ الإسلام الحاج إبراهيم إبن الحاج عبد الله التجاني الكولخي in  Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 alphabet — was a major leader of the Tijānī

Tijaniyyah

The Tijāniyyah is a sufi tariqa originating in North Africa but now more widespread in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, and Northern Nigeria and Sudan...

 Sufi order of Islam

Islam

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 in West Africa

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.  His followers in the Senegambia region affectionately refer to him in Wolof as Baay, or "father."  He is the founder of the Ibrāhīmiyyah branch of the Tijānī order, whose adherents designate themselves in Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 as the people of the Faydah Tijāniyyah (Tijānī Flood) or in Wolof

Wolof language

Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and is the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo language family...

 as Taalibé Baay (disciples of Baay).