Sidi Megdoul

Sidi Mogdoul was a Moroccan Wali and religious leader who lived in the 11th-century. He was buried in Essaouira.

Resting place of Sidi Mogdul in Essaouira, with the Sidi Mogdoul lighthouse.

Sidi Megdoul came from the noble Berber tribe of Regraga, and was credited with renewing the Ribat of Sidi Chiker. From his base in Essaouira, he fought the Berghwata confederacy and later allied with the Almoravids and participated in the propagation of their Da'wa.[1][2]

The saint also gave his name to the nearby lighthouse, 17 meter high, named the Sidi Mogdoul lighthouse.[3]

Notes
  1. Ibn al-Zayyat al-Tadili. at-Tashawwof.
  2. Ahmed ar-Regragui. Ashomos al-Munira.
  3. NGA Sailing Directions-Enroute: 2008 West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa Griffes, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency p.207
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.