Kuntī, Shaykh Bāy Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn ʻUmar, 1865-1929
Prominent scholar, teacher, and qāḍī who lived in Telia, then adopted a nomadic lifestyle, living along Wādī Telia and in al-Sūq in very dry years. He helped mediate quarrels between local people and the French.
- HMML ID
- 778933927195
- PURL
- LC name
- Bāy al-Kuntī, 1865-1927
- HMML name
- Kuntī, Shaykh Bāy Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn ʻUmar, 1865-1929
- HMML native script
- الكنتي، شيخ باي محمد الصغير بن عمر
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Bāy al-Kuntī
- Bāy al-Kuntī, Muḥammad Bāy bin ʻUmar
- Kuntī, Muḥammad Bāy bin ʻUmar
- Shaykh Bāy
- Shaykh Bāy al-Kuntī
- Wāfī, Muḥammad Bāy bin ʻUmar
- ʻAqabī, Muḥammad Bāy bin ʻUmar
- باي الكنتي
- باي الكنتي، محمد باي بن عمر
- شيخ باي
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1865
- Death date
- 1929
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Honorary titles
- Qāḍī
- Languages
Personal relationships
- Family
- Related to
- Kuntī, Muḥammad ibn Bādi, -1960 (Grandchild)
- Students
General notes
- Description
- Bāy al-Kuntī (Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr b. Umar [Aʼmar] b. Muḥammad b. al-Mukhtār b. Aḥmad al-Kuntī, d. 1929)
- Citations
- Mauro Nobili, "Muslim Brotherhoods in West African History," African History (2021), https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.171.
- Description
- Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr b. ʻUmar [Aʻmar] b. Muḥammad b. al-Mukhtār b. Aḥmad al-Kuntī, known as Shaykh Bāy, born 1865, died after 1920; lived at first in Telia in his father's zāwiya, then adopted nomadic lifestyle, living along Wādī Telia, in al-Sūq in very dry years; helped mediate quarrels between local people and the French; officially recognized as qāḍī of the region
- Citations
- John Hunwick, ed., Arabic Literature of Africa, vol. 4, Writings of Western Sudanic Africa (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 136.
- Description
- Core text author
- Citations
- ELIT AQB 01033, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Preferred citation
"Kuntī, Shaykh Bāy Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn ʻUmar, 1865-1929." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified July 31, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/person/778933927195
Change notes
- Date added
- 2024-02-15
- Last edited
- 2024-07-31