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| Reguibat | |
|---|---|
 Women of the Reguibat | |
| Ethnicity | Arab-Berber |
| Nisba | al-Reguibi |
| Location | Western Sahara, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria |
| Descended from | Sidi Ahmed al-Reguibi |
| Population | >100,000 (1996)[1] |
| Language | Hassaniya Arabic |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Reguibat (Arabic: الرقيبات, romanized: Rgībāt; variously transliterated Reguibate, Rguibat, R'gaybat, R'gibat, Erguibat, Ergaybat) is a Sahrawi tribal confederation of mixed Arab[2][3] and Sanhaja Berber origins.[1][4][5][6] 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.[7] They also believe that they are, through him, a chorfa tribe, i.e. descendants of Muhammad.[8] They are divided into two main geographical divisions - the Reguibat as-Sahel and Reguibat Lagouacem - who are in turn divided into sub tribes.[8][9] Religiously, they belong to the Maliki school of Sunni Islam.[10]
Their population in 1996 exceeded 100,000 people.[1] David Hart estimated their population to number from 200,000 to 300,000 in 1962 but this could be too high.[8][9] They are today the largest tribe in Western Sahara.[9][10]
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- ^ Barbier, Maurice (2003-06-01). Le conflit du Sahara occidental: Réédition d'un livre paru en 1982 (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. pp. 16–18. ISBN 9782296278776.
- ^ Gaudio, Attilio (1993). Les populations du Sahara occidental: histoire, vie et culture (in French). KARTHALA Editions. p. 36. ISBN 9782865374113.
- ^ 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......
- ^ Damis, John James (1983). Conflict in Northwest Africa: The Western Sahara Dispute. Hoover Institute Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8179-7781-8.
- ^ a b c Hart, David M. (1962). "The Social Structure of the Rgībāt Bedouins of the Western Sahara". Middle East Journal. 16 (4): 515–527. ISSN 0026-3141.
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