Reguibat tribe

Reguibat
EthnicityArab-Berber
LocationWestern Sahara, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria
Descended fromSidi Ahmed al-Reguibi
Population100,000 (1996)[1]
LanguageHassaniya Arabic
ReligionSunni Islam

The Reguibat (Arabic: الرقيبات; variously transliterated Reguibate, Rguibat, R'gaybat, R'gibat, Erguibat, Ergaybat) is a Sahrawi tribal confederation of mixed Arab[2][3][4] and Sanhaja Berber origins.[5][6][7][8] The Reguibat speak Hassaniya Arabic, and are Arab in culture. They claim descent from Sidi Ahmed al-Reguibi, an Arab Islamic preacher from Beni Hassan who settled in Saguia el-Hamra in 1503.[9] They also believe that they are, through him, a chorfa tribe, i.e. descendants of Muhammad. Religiously, they belong to the Maliki school of Sunni Islam.

Their population in 1996 exceeded 100,000 people.[1]

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  8. ^ Mohsen-Finan, Khadija (1997). Sahara occidental: les enjeux d'un conflit régional (in French). CNRS éditions. p. 17. ISBN 9782271055149. ......ainsi les Reguibat, qui sont berbères Sanhadja, sont principalement guerriers et accessoirement pasteurs......
  9. ^ Damis, John James (1983). Conflict in Northwest Africa: The Western Sahara Dispute. Hoover Institute Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8179-7781-8.