He served as the third Caliph of the Mouride brotherhood, a large Sufi order based in Senegal, from 1968 until his death in 1989.
[1] He was the son of Sufi saint and religious leader Sheikh Amadou Bamba.
Serigne Abdou Ahad Mbacké was born in 1914 in Jurbel, Senegal.
He oversaw extensive infrastructural improvements for the city of Touba during his term as caliph.
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