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

Essaouira Essaouira ( ; ar, الصويرة, aṣ-Ṣawīra; shi, ⵜⴰⵚⵚⵓⵔⵜ, Taṣṣort, formerly ''Amegdul''), known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It ha ...

. Sidi Megdoul came from the noble Berber tribe of

Regraga The Regraga are a sub-tribe of the Masmuda Berber tribal confederacy. They are also one of three tribes that formed the population of Essaouira, Morocco. The Regraga came from the Jbel Hadid mountains and introduced Islam to the region; the other ...

, and was credited with renewing the Ribat of Sidi Chiker. From his base in Essaouira, he fought the

Berghwata The Barghawatas (also Barghwata or Berghouata) were a Berber tribal confederation on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, belonging to the Masmuda confederacy. After allying with the Sufri Kharijite rebellion in Morocco against the Umayyad Caliphate ...

confederacy and later allied with the

Almoravids The Almoravid dynasty ( ar, المرابطون, translit=Al-Murābiṭūn, lit=those from the ribats) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire in the 11th century that ...

and participated in the propagation of their

Da'wa Dawah ( ar, دعوة, lit=invitation, ) is the act of inviting or calling people to embrace Islam. The plural is ''da‘wāt'' (دَعْوات) or ''da‘awāt'' (دَعَوات). Etymology The English term ''Dawah'' derives from the Arabic ...

. The saint also gave his name to the nearby lighthouse, 17 meter high, named the Sidi Mogdoul lighthouse.''NGA Sailing Directions-Enroute: 2008 West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa'' Griffes, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency p.207
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{{Reflist 11th-century Berber people 11th-century Moroccan people People under the Almoravid dynasty Moroccan religious leaders Moroccan military leaders People from Essaouira