Reguibat tribe

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

The Reguibat (

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

History

Initially an important Arabic

nomadism, in response attacks from neighbouring tribes which provoked them into taking up arms and leaving the subordinate position they had previously held. This started a process of rapid expansion, and set the Reguibat on the course towards total transformation into a traditional warrior tribe[10] In the late 19th century, they had become well-established as the largest Sahrawi tribe, and were recognized as the most powerful warrior tribe of the area.[10]

The grazing lands of the Reguibat fractions extended from

Sahara desert through both trade and use of arms.[10] The Reguibat have been trading in the Algerian oasis markets of the Touat and Gourara regions.[2]

Reguibat Sahrawis were very prominent in the resistance to

CORCAS leader Khalihenna Ould Errachid
.

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8
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  2. ^ a b Division, American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Areas Studies; Army, United States (1965). U.S. Army Area Handbook for Algeria. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 89.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ISBN 978-1-62273-582-2
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  4. ISBN 978-1-4422-5451-0
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  5. ISBN 9782296278776
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  6. ISBN 9782865374113
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  7. ISBN 9780313279188
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  8. ISBN 9782271055149
    . ......ainsi les Reguibat, qui sont berbères Sanhadja, sont principalement guerriers et accessoirement pasteurs......
  9. ISBN 978-0-8179-7781-8
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  10. ^
    ISBN 978-2-600-04495-0
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Further reading
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