Ibrāhīm Niass (1900–1975)—also written
Ibrahima Niasse in
French,
Ibrayima Ñas in
Wolof,
Shaykh al-'Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh at-Tijānī al-Kawlakhī in
Arabic,
شيخ الإسلام الحاج إبراهيم إبن الحاج عبد الله التجاني الكولخي in
Arabic alphabet — was a major leader of the
Tijānī Sufi order of
Islam in
West Africa. His followers in the
Senegambia region affectionately refer to him in Wolof as
Baay, or "father." He is the founder of the
Ibrāhīmiyyah branch of the Tijānī order, whose adherents designate themselves in
Arabic as the people of the
Faydah Tijāniyyah (Tijānī Flood) or in
Wolof as
Taalibé Baay (disciples of Baay). Outsiders often refer to his disciples as
Ñaseen, which in Wolof means "of or pertaining to the Ñas family," although his disciples do not generally use this designation
