Sidi Barakat
Birth:16th century
Death:
Sufi
Sidi Barakat legitimated the Sadi family of Sharifs as leaders of the Jihad that expelled the Portuguese and established an Islamic state in Sudan (1511-1603).
When the Sadi family was ruling in Morocco, a number of other Muslim states emerged in the Sudanic region: Songhai, Hausa, Darfur, Fungi, etc.
Compiled by:M. Nauman Khan / Ghulam Mohiuddin