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.
Shaykh Aḥmad Tijānī Niasse (Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Niasse)
Died 2 Aug 2020 · Kaolack (Medina Baye)
4th khalife of Ibrāhīm Niasse at Médina Baye (numbering as press reports it); died the day before his brother Mahi was named
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 Shaykh Aḥmad Tijānī Niasse (Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Niasse)
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Shaykh Muḥammad al-Mahī Ibrāhīm Niasse (Cheikh Mouhamadou Mahi Ibrahima Niass)Living, as of Oct 2026
two sourcesin Tijāniyya
successor of · Shaykh Aḥmad Tijānī Niasse (Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Niasse) to Shaykh Muḥammad al-Mahī Ibrāhīm Niasse (Cheikh Mouhamadou Mahi Ibrahima Niass) · Two independent sources
Press of August 2020: Cheikh Mouhamadou Mahi Niasse was enthroned 5th khalife after the death of his brother Ahmed Tidiane Niasse on 2 Aug 2020; Algerian state press in May 2026 receives him as general khalifa of the Fayḍa.
ndarinfo, 'Médina Baye: Cheikh Mouhamadou Mahi intronisé 5ème khalife', 3 Aug 2020APS (Algérie Presse Service), visit of Sheikh Mohamed El-Mahi Ibrahim Niass to Aïn Madhi, 18 May 2026Checked against
- ndarinfo, 3 Aug 2020, article text · agreesMahi is '5ème Khalife', succeeding his brother Ahmed Tidiane, who died 2 August.
- APS, 18 May 2026, article text · agreesCalls Mohamed El-Mahi Ibrahim Niass general khalifa of the Faidha Tijaniya in Senegal; independent outlet and year.
- Seneweb/Dakaractu 2025-26 coverage (summarys), web search 31 Oct 2026 · agreesSnippets call him Khalife de Médina Baye; no rival claimant seen.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Shaykh Aḥmad Tijānī Niasse (Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Niasse)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/ahmed-tidiane-niass (data of 31 October 2026).