- Sidi Ahmed al-Rgibi
Sidi Ahmed al-Rgibi (also Er Reguibi and other spellings) was a Sahrawi
Islam ic preacher and political leader in the tribal areas of the north-westernSahara desert in the16th century . He was considered aholy man , and hisshrine , located in the northernSaguia el Hamra region ofWestern Sahara , is still visited every year by thousands of visitors.He is the founder of the
Reguibat , the largest and most powerful , whose areas extended fromWestern Sahara into modern-dayMauritania ,Morocco andAlgeria .
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