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  "ar": "أحمد التجاني",
  "en": "Ahmad al-Tijani"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "شيخ الطريقة التجانية ومؤسسها، ولد بعين ماضي بالجزائر.",
  "en": "The founder of the Tijaniyya Sufi order, born in Ain Madi in Algeria."
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 "themes": [
  "spirituality-and-sufism"
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  "earliest": 1737.001375798271,
  "latest": 1815.9982066708787
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   "edtf": "1737",
   "hijri": "1150",
   "calendar": "julian",
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  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "1815",
   "hijri": "1230",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
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    "value": "أحمد بن محمد بن المختار التجاني"
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  "gender": "male",
  "roles": [
   "mystic",
   "scholar"
  ],
  "traditions": [
   "sunni"
  ],
  "born": {
   "edtf": "1737",
   "hijri": "1150",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
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   ]
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  "died": {
   "edtf": "1815",
   "hijri": "1230",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
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   ]
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    "role": "saint",
    "status": "tradition",
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    ]
   }
  ],
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  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin; Mawsuat A'lam vol 4 pp. 399, lib-mawsuat-a3lam"
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء (أليكسو/دار الجيل 2004) ج4 ص399",
   "generated_by": "Devin",
   "model": "SWE-2 High",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أحمد بن محمد بن المختار التجاني شيخ الطريقة التجانية ومؤسسها، وقد ولد بعين ماضي في الجزائر. تذكر الموسوعة أن ميلاده كان نحو سنة 1737م (1150هـ) وأن وفاته كانت نحو سنة 1815م (1230هـ). {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}\n\nالتاريخان مسجلان على أنهما من المروي، ويحتاجان إلى مصدر إضافي. وتفاصيل الطريقة وانتشارها تحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ahmad-al-tijani",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mukhtar al-Tijani, the shaykh and founder of the Tijaniyya order. He was born at Ain Madi in Algeria. The encyclopaedia says he was born around 1737 CE (1150 AH) and died around 1815 CE (1230 AH). {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}\n\nBoth dates are recorded as reported dates and need an additional source. The details of the order and its spread need an additional source."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ahmad-al-tijani",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "احمد بن محمد بن المختار التجانی طریقۂ تجانیہ کے شیخ اور اس کے بانی ہیں، جو الجزائر کے عین ماضی میں پیدا ہوئے۔ انسائیکلوپیڈیا بتاتا ہے کہ ان کی پیدائش تقریباً 1737ء (1150ھ) اور وفات تقریباً 1815ء (1230ھ) کو ہوئی۔ {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}\n\nیہ دونوں تاریخیں روایت شدہ کے طور پر درج ہیں، اور ان کے لیے ایک اضافی ماخذ درکار ہے۔ طریقے کی تفصیل اور اس کے پھیلاؤ کے لیے بھی ایک اضافی ماخذ درکار ہے۔"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ahmad-al-tijani",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
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  "person/hamdan-khoja",
  "person/abd-allah-ibn-hijazi-al-sharqawi",
  "person/mukhtar-al-kunti",
  "person/shah-abd-al-aziz-dihlawi",
  "person/sulayman-ibn-muhammad-al-hawwat",
  "person/bayram-al-thani-muhammad",
  "person/damat-melek-mehmet-pasha",
  "person/ahmad-al-ahsai",
  "person/abd-al-rahman-al-jabarti",
  "person/muhammad-al-tardi-ibn-sawda",
  "person/al-shawkani",
  "person/agha-muhammad-khan-qajar"
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 "updated": "2026-10-16",
 "connections": [],
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  "concept/adab",
  "concept/akhi-baba",
  "concept/al-lamma",
  "concept/al-masalah",
  "concept/al-nafs-wal-ruh",
  "concept/al-tabattul",
  "concept/al-uns-bi-allah",
  "concept/al-yaqin"
 ],
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}