IslHornAfr

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Identification

Abbā Rāyā ابا رايا
Abba Raayaa
Raayyaa Jamaal Muhammad

Titles: qāḍī

Dates

  • Floruit

    Expressed

    Alive during the Second Mission of the Islam in the Horn of Africa Project (30 January - 4 March 2016).

Biographic comments

Great-grandson of Šayḫ Ādam ʻAbd Allāh and custodian of his book collection in Toba.

Abbā Rāyā is presumed to be identical with Raayyaa Jamaal Muhammad.

Possibly father of Šayḫ Kamāl (see waqf statement for TOSG00016).

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