PEDIGREE OF THE SHEIKH EL BAKA'Y. 567 
his father as Well, while the Sheikhdom rested with his 
elder brother Sidi Mukhtar, who died in the sanctuary or 
chapel called Zawyet Kunta, situated in the neighbourhood 
of Bu- All, the ksar or village of Tawat where the family 
of El Maghili resided. El Wall's younger brother was 
Sidi A'hmed e' Rega. 
Sidi Haiballa (Habib-allah). ~ 
Sidi Mohammed. 
Sidi Bu-Bakr. 
Baba A'hmed. 
These four were only We- 
liye, without having the 
dignity of Sheikh. 
Mukhtar, also called Mukhtar el kebir, in order to distinguish 
him from his grandson. With him the dignity of Sheikh 
was transferred into this branch of the family. He died, 
A. H. 1226 (a. D. 1811). A dream, or sacred vision, which 
he had in the year 1209, is very famous in those parts of 
Negroland. 
Sidi Mohammed e' Sheikh died 2nd Shawal, 1241 (10th May, 
1826), during Major Laing's residence in the hilleh in 
A'zawad. 
Mukhtar, his eldest son, died 1263, in Timbuktu. 
Sidi Alimed el Bakay, Mukhtar's younger brother, the 
present chief. 
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