The universal dimension of this Servant of the Prophet, authenticates "Qutb"1 (pole of its time) was not long in appearing and one visited him from all the horizons, as it was the case of this Cherif of Médine, Mawlay Ahmad Tibri which made print specimens of "Masaalik-ul Jinaan" (a treaty of Sufism of the Sheik) or of this descendant of Abu Bakr Siddiq (khalif of Islam) which came from Mecca visit to the Holy Man.
Mbacké, also known as Mbacké-Baol, was founded in the sparsely populated wilderness of Eastern Baol in 1796 by Mame Maram Muhammad al-Khayri (d. 1802), great-grandfather of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké.
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In 2004 Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour released his Grammy Award winning album Egypt, which documents his Mouride beliefs and retells the story of Amadou Bamba and the Mouridiya.
It has been reported that Serigne Saliou Mbacke personally chose his successor, and that the grandsons of Amadou Bamba (including Serigne Saliou Mbacke's son, Serigne Cheikh Saliou Mbacké) have all pledged their loyalty to the new caliph, and that Bara Mbacké was visited by both President Abdoulaye Wade and Senegalese opposition leaders within 48 hours of his uncle's death.