Sidi Ahmed Rguibi
Sidi Ahmed al-Rgibi was a Sahrawi Islamic preacher and political leader in the tribal areas of the north-western Sahara desert in the 16th century. He was born in 1590 in El Kharaouiaa. He was considered a holy man and an idrissid, or descendant of Muhammad. He died at the age of 75.
He is the founder of the Reguibat, the largest and most powerful :Category:Sahrawi tribes|Sahrawi tribe, whose areas extended from Western Sahara into modern-day Mauritania, Morocco and Algeria.
His shrine, located in the northern Saguia el Hamra region of Western Sahara, is still visited every year by thousands of visitors.
