Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
عبد الله نياس
ʿAbd Allāh Niasse
Died 1922 · Kaolack (Medina Baye)
Father of Ibrāhīm; entered the Tijāniyya 1873; founded Léona Niassène zawiya at Kaolack 1911 (tertiary sources)
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
No chain up to the Prophet is recorded for this person in the sources read.
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from ʿAbd Allāh Niasse
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Ibrāhīm Niasseإبراهيم نياس1975
the community's own accountin Tijāniyya
family descent · ʿAbd Allāh Niasse to Ibrāhīm Niasse · The community's own account
Wikipedia (tertiary): father and son; Ibrāhīm's initiation chain not confirmed.
Wikipedia, Ibrahim Niass (tertiary)Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), owner text, grep Niass: no entry · silentThe 1971 text does not cover the Niasse line.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “ʿAbd Allāh Niasse”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/abdullah-niass (data of 31 October 2026).