Ait Waryaghar tribe

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The Ait Waryaghar tribe is a prominent Rif Berber tribal group from northern Morocco, historically noted for its fierce resistance to Spanish and French colonial rule under the leadership of Abd el-Krim.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber tribe
Rifian tribe
ethnic group
associatedWithEvent proclamation of the Rif Republic
country Morocco
culturalIdentity Rifian Amazigh NERFINISHED
culturalPractice tribal customary law (azref)
culturalRegion Amazigh North Africa NERFINISHED
demographicsCountry Morocco NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Riffians NERFINISHED
ethnolinguisticGroup Amazigh NERFINISHED
hasClanStructure segmentary lineage system
hasEthnonymVariant Ait Ouriaghel NERFINISHED
Aït Ouriaghel NERFINISHED
Aït Waryaghar NERFINISHED
hasNotableFigure Abd el-Krim NERFINISHED
hasNotableLeader Abd el-Krim NERFINISHED
Muhammad ibn Abd el-Karim al-Khattabi NERFINISHED
hasReputation resistance-oriented tribe
warrior tribe
historicalAdversary French Army NERFINISHED
Spanish Army NERFINISHED
historicalEconomy agropastoralism
herding
small-scale agriculture
knownFor fierce resistance to French colonial rule
fierce resistance to Spanish colonial rule
support for Abd el-Krim
language Riffian Berber NERFINISHED
languageFamily Berber languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn central Rif NERFINISHED
northern Morocco NERFINISHED
opposed French Protectorate in Morocco NERFINISHED
Spanish Protectorate in Morocco NERFINISHED
partOf Rif region NERFINISHED
tribal confederation of the Rif
playedKeyRoleIn Rif War NERFINISHED
Rif resistance to France
Rif resistance to Spain
regionCapitalNearby Al Hoceima NERFINISHED
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
timePeriodOfProminence early 20th century
traditionalTerritory Al Hoceima area NERFINISHED
central-northern Rif mountains NERFINISHED
usesScript Arabic script NERFINISHED
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Abd el-Krim memberOf Ait Waryaghar tribe