Sidi Ahmed Rguibi (Arabic: سيدي أحمد الركيبي) was an Arab Sahrawi Islamic preacher and political leader from Beni Hassan tribe, in the tribal areas of the north-western Sahara desert in the 16th century. He was born in 1590 in El Kharaouiaa. He was considered a holy man and an idrissid, or descendant of Muhammad. He died at the age of 75.[1][2][3]
He is the founder of the Reguibat, the largest and most powerful Sahrawi tribe, whose areas extended from Western Sahara into modern-day Mauritania, Morocco and Algeria.
His shrine, located in the northern Saguia el Hamra region of Western Sahara, is still visited every year by thousands of visitors.
References edit
- ^ Bahi, Mohamed Ahmed (1998). الليث سيدي أحمد الركيبي [the Lion, Sidi Ahmed Rguibi] (in Arabic). Kenitra: Editions Boukili.
- ^ Caratini, Sophie; Monod, Théodore (1989). "Des chameliers à la conquête d'un territoire". Les Rgaybat (1610-1934) (in French). Paris: l'Harmattan.
- ^ Caratini, Sophie; Meillassoux, Claude (1989). "Territoire et Société". Les Rgaybat (1610-1934) (in French). Paris: l'Harmattan.
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