Shaykh Uways al-Barawi

A Somali scholar and Qadiriyya shaykh remembered for reviving Islam in 19th-century East Africa (1847, Baraawe on Somalia's Benadir coast – 1909). He studied under his father, a local religious teacher, and under Shaykh al-Shashi, then travelled around 1870 to Baghdad to study at the Qadiriyya's center. On his return he became the order's leader in Somalia, and the Uwaysiyya sub-branch was named after him. His missionary work spread to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and Malawi. In 1909 he was killed in a clash near Biyoley and buried by his followers as a martyr; his tomb became a place of learning and pilgrimage. No verified numeric coordinates were found for Biyoley where his tomb lies, so no map pin has been added (transparency).