Before his death in 1859, the Grand…

Before his death in 1859, the Grand Sanusi establishes the order's center at Al Jaghbub, which lies at the intersection of the pilgrimage route to Mecca and the main trade route between the Sudan and the coast.

Here he founds a respected Islamic school, as well as a training center for lodge sheikhs.

He hopes by this move to facilitate expanded Sanusi missionary activities in the Sahel and in sub-Saharan Africa.