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Cheikh Tourad
الشيخ تراد ولد العباس
(Known as "Tourad")
Fadil Sufi Master, Peacemaker, Scholar of the Hodh
Born
1843
Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania
Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania
Passed Away
1945
Aioun, Mauritania
Lifespan
102 years old
"Peace is not the absence of weapons; it is the presence of brotherhood in the desert soul."
Archival Overview
Venerated 19th-century Sufi master of the Fadiliyya-Qadiriyya order who spent a century arbitrating Saharan tribal conflicts and establishing nomadic schools across the Hodh and Sahel.
Biographical Record
Son of Cheikh Mohamed El Fadel, Cheikh Tourad was a master of Arabic literature, Islamic jurisprudence, and Sufi metaphysics. He established mobile mahadras (desert universities) that taught nomads and freed slaves throughout southeastern Mauritania.
His moral authority enabled him to extinguish inter-tribal warfare across the Sahara, negotiating famous peace pacts between the Awlad Nasser, Reguibat, and Mechdouf tribes. He passed away at the extraordinary age of over one hundred.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Zawiya of Cheikh Tourad
Aioun, Mauritania
Aioun, Mauritania
GPS: 16.6667, -9.6167
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