known as al-Shaykh ʿAbbās Sall, b. Rajab 1327/July-August 1909, d. 1410/1990
Sources
Samb, 1972, 147-54; Fall (1995-6), 80 ff.; Tijān Gaye, al-Shaykh ʿAbbās Ṣall al-Tijānī, ḥayātuhu wa-aʿmāluhu, Dakar: Nouvelle Imprimeries Sénégalaises, 2001.
Biography
Born in Nguick Fall, which is located at 4 km. from Sakal (some 27 km. to the north of Louga), ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿ Abbās Sall was one of the most prolific Senegalese writers in Arabic. Although a native speaker of Wolof, ʿ Abbās Sall, known as Mayo…