Facts: - imagesize: 200px - death place: mostaganem , algeria - venerated in: islam - caption: an 1920 -rrb- old photograph of saint ahmad al-alawi -lrb- c. - influences: ali , muhammad al-buzidi - death date: 1934 - major works: '' munajat of ahmad al - ' alawi '' - major shrine: '' , algeria tomb of sheikh ahmad al-alawi '' , mostaganem - titles: mystic , founder - birth date: 1869 - name: saint ahmad al-alawi - image: saint ahmad alawi.jpg - birth place: mostaganem , algeria - tradition: darqawa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ahmad al-alawi .
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ahmad al-alawi -lrb- 1869 -- 14 july 1934 -rrb- , -lrb- -rrb- , was the founder of a popular modern sufi order , the darqawiyya alawiyya , a branch of the darqawi , shadhili tariqa .