Reguibat tribe

Reguibat
Reguibat
Ethnicity	Arab-Berber
Location	Western Sahara, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria
Descended from	Sidi Ahmed al-Reguibi
Population	100,000 (1996)
Language	Hassaniya Arabic
Religion	Sunni 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]

^ ^a ^b Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
^ 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)
^ Sabatier, Diane Himpan; Himpan, Brigitte (2019-06-28). Nomads of Mauritania. Vernon Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-62273-582-2.
^ Suwaed, Muhammad (2015-10-30). Historical Dictionary of the Bedouins. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-4422-5451-0.
^ 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.
^ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 494. ISBN 9780313279188.
^ 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.

[pop96-1] Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.

[:0-2] 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] Sabatier, Diane Himpan; Himpan, Brigitte (2019-06-28). Nomads of Mauritania. Vernon Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-62273-582-2.

[4] Suwaed, Muhammad (2015-10-30). Historical Dictionary of the Bedouins. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-4422-5451-0.

[5] 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.

[6] Gaudio, Attilio (1993). Les populations du Sahara occidental: histoire, vie et culture (in French). KARTHALA Editions. p. 36. ISBN 9782865374113.

[7] Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 494. ISBN 9780313279188.

[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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]