Scholar · died 1343 AH · Zanzibar
Ahmad bin Sumayt was a Hadrami sayyid of the Ba 'Alawi lineage (Alawiyya tariqa) and the most important Shafi'i scholar of the western Indian Ocean of his generation — the subject of Anne K. Bang's standard study 'Sufis and Scholars of the Sea'.
Full biography of Sayyid Ahmad bin Abi Bakr bin Sumayt →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
Located in: Zanzibar
Coordinates: -6.15920, 39.19150
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