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.
سيديا الكبير
Sīdiyā al-Kabīr
Died 1868 (academic excerpt) · Mauritania
Qādirī shaykh, founder of the Sidiyya branch at Boutilimit (1780-1868 per an academic excerpt); listed among students of al-Mukhtār al-Kuntī
Sources for this person
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2 entries)
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 Sīdiyā al-Kabīr
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Shaykh Sidiyya Bābāالشيخ سيديا باب
the community's own accountin Qādiriyyaomits: any intermediary heir between Sidiyya al-Kabīr and Sidiyya Bābā is not shown in the excerpt
family descent · Sīdiyā al-Kabīr to Shaykh Sidiyya Bābā · The community's own account
Sidiyya Bābā is the heir of the founder of the Sidiyya branch, Sidiyya al-Kabīr of Boutilimit (1780-1868) (academic source).
core.ac.uk/download/357530624.pdf (academic text; read only as search-result excerpt)Not yet checked against a further reference.
one sourcein Murīdiyya (Mouride)omits: any intermediary heir between Sidiyya al-Kabīr and Sidiyya Bābā is not shown in the excerpt
family descent · Sīdiyā al-Kabīr to Shaykh Sidiyya Bābā · One source
An academic source: Sidiyya Bābā is the heir of the founder of the Sidiyya branch of the Qādiriyya, Sidiyya al-Kabīr of Boutilimit (1780-1868).
core.ac.uk/download/357530624.pdf (academic text; read only as search-result excerpt)Checked against
- core.ac.uk academic text (search excerpt), not located · agreesBābā as heir of the founder of the Sidiyya branch.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Sīdiyā al-Kabīr”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/sidiyya-kabir (data of 31 October 2026).