Inyass biography of barack
Formally, he is Shaykh al-Islam al-Haj Ibrahim ibn al-Haj ‘Abdullah at-Tijani al-Kawlakhi Niyas (q.s.) in Arabic. He was a major leader of the Tijani Sufi order in West Africa. His followers in the Senegambia region affectionately refer to him in Wolof as “Baye”, or “Father”. He is the founder of the Ibrahimiyyah branch of the Tijaniyyah.