| 41. | Many tribes claimed descent from marabouts.
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| 42. | The political support of these marabouts and Sharifians halted, and Morocco splintered into different entities.
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| 43. | The marabouts venerated here are scattered about throughout the old town of Nefta and the oasis.
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| 44. | They also violently resisted the 19th century jihads and Marabout movement to convert Senegambia to Islam.
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| 45. | They produced leaders whom the French called ( perhaps erroneously ) " marabouts ."
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| 46. | Recognized as just and spiritual men, marabouts often had extensive followings, locally and regionally.
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| 47. | Jean Jacques Schellens wrote a scenario whose characters are Sanglier, Marabout, Gustave and Chat.
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| 48. | The Niumimansa died in 1861, and an offshoot marabout rising ensued in the coastal area.
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| 49. | The religious center of Mourides is the city of Marabout Ahmadou Bamba ( 1853 1927 ).
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| 50. | In the countryside, wandering marabouts, or holy people, drew a large and devoted following.
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