Ma al-'Aynayn
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Mohamed Mustafa Ma al-'Aynayn (Arabic: محمد مصطفى ماء العينين; c. 1830–31 in Oualata, present-day Mauritania – 1910 in Tiznit, Morocco; complete name Mohamad Mustafa ben Mohamad Fadel Maa al-'Aynayn ash-Shanguiti Arabic: محمد مصطفى بن محمد فاضل ماء العينين الشنقيطي) was a Saharan Moorish religious and political leader who fought French and Spanish colonization in North Africa.[2] He was the son of Mohammed Fadil Mamin (founder of the Fadiliyya, a Qadiriyya Sufi brotherhood), and the elder brother of shaykh Saad Bouh, a prominent marabout (religious leader) in Mauritania.
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Native name | الشيخ ماء العينين |
Born | (1831-02-10)February 10, 1831 Adrar |
Died | October 23, 1910(1910-10-23) (aged 79) Tiznit, Morocco |
Buried | Zawiya of Ma' al-'Aynayn, Tiznit |
Battles/wars | French conquest of Morocco[1] |
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