Tnine Aglou is a small town and
rural commune in
Tiznit Province Tiznit is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Souss-Massa. Its population in 2004 was 344,831.
The major cities and towns are:
* Tafraout
* Tiznit
Subdivisions
The province is divided administratively into the following municipalities ...
of the
Souss-Massa-Drâa
Souss-Massa-Drâa (; ber, ⵙⵓⵙ ⵎⴰⵙⴰ ⴷⵔⴰ) was formerly one of the sixteen regions of Morocco from 1997 to 2015. It covered an area of 70,880 km² and had a population of 3,601,917 (2014 census). The capital is Agadir. One o ...
region of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. At the time of the
2004 census, the commune had a total population of 14,632 people living in 3,128 households.
The town is home to, "Ribat al-Murabitin" one of Morocco's oldest
Ribat
A ribāṭ ( ar, رِبَـاط; hospice, hostel, base or retreat) is an Arabic term for a small fortification built along a frontier during the first years of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb to house military volunteers, called ''murabitun'' ...
s where the founder of the
Almoravid dynasty
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 s ...
,
Abdallah ibn Yasin
Abdallah ibn Yasin () (died 7 July 1059 C.E. in "Krifla" near Rommani, present-day Morocco) was a theologian and spiritual leader of the Almoravid movement.
Early life, education and career
Abdallah ibn Yasin was from the tribe of the Jazulah ( ...
studied under
Waggag ibn Zallu al-Lamti who was buried there.
References
Rural communes of Souss-Massa
Populated places in Tiznit Province
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