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Sidi Bou Said (Abu Said al-Baji)

Died: 628 AH (1231)
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Sidi Bou Said (Abu Said Khalaf ibn Yahya al-Tamimi al-Baji, c. 1156-1231), an Arab Tunisian saint and Sufi scholar born in Beja. A disciple of Abu Madyan, known as the teacher of Abu'l-Hasan ash-Shadhili. He retired to a ribat on Mount El Manar overlooking the Gulf of Tunis; the town around his shrine bears his name. (Sources: Wikipedia; Wikidata Q3483202.)

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