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Sidi Belyout
Prophets & Divine Messengers
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Sidi Belyout

ุณูŠุฏูŠ ุจู„ูŠูˆุท (ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ู„ูŠูˆุซ)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1730 โ€“ c. 1795 (~65 years old)

Supreme patron saint of Casablanca, surnamed 'Abu al-Layth' (Father of Lions) in legend for taming wild beasts, whose sanctuary gave its name to the central city district.

Casablanca, Morocco
Religion
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Sidi Allal al-Qayrawani

ุณูŠุฏูŠ ุนู„ุงู„ ุงู„ู‚ูŠุฑูˆุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1300 โ€“ c. 1370 (~70 years old)

Historic patron saint of the fishermen and harbor workers of ancient Anfa (Casablanca), whose seaside sanctuary has guarded the Atlantic coast for seven centuries.

Old Medina of Casablanca, Morocco
Religion
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Sidi Ali Boughalib

ุณูŠุฏูŠ ุนู„ูŠ ุจูˆุบุงู„ุจ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1110 โ€“ c. 1175 (~65 years old)

12th-century Sufi sage and patron saint of Ksar El Kebir, celebrated for his ascetic humility, healing of the afflicted, and spiritual defense of northern Morocco.

Ksar El Kebir, Morocco
Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Awrabi
Statesmanship & Statesmen
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Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Awrabi

ุฅุณุญุงู‚ ุจู† ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุญู…ูŠุฏ ุงู„ุฃูˆุฑุจูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 740 โ€“ c. 795 (~55 years old)

Supreme chieftain of the Awraba Berber confederation at Volubilis who welcomed the fugitive Idris I in 788 AD, pledged allegiance (Bay'ah), and co-founded the Moroccan state.

Moulay Idriss Zerhoun / Volubilis, Morocco
Master Ahmad al-Alj
Arts & Music
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Master Ahmad al-Alj

ุงู„ู…ุนู„ู… ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุนู„ุฌ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1610 โ€“ c. 1670 (~60 years old)

Chief master architect of Algiers who designed and built Djamaa el Djedid (the New Mosque or Fisher's Mosque) in 1660, fusing Ottoman domes with Andalusian-Maghrebi minarets.

Algiers, Algeria
Rais Mami
Military Leaders & Strategists
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Rais Mami

ุงู„ุฑุงูŠุณ ู…ุงู…ูŠ ุงู„ุฃู„ุจุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1535 โ€“ c. 1595 (~60 years old)

Admiral of the Algiers corsair fleet who in 1575 captured the Spanish galley 'El Sol' carrying Miguel de Cervantes, leading to Cervantes's five-year captivity in Algiers.

Algiers, Algeria
Abu Zakariya Yahya al-Warglani
Philosophy & Thought
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Abu Zakariya Yahya al-Warglani

ุฃุจูˆ ุฒูƒุฑูŠุงุก ูŠุญูŠู‰ ุจู† ุฃุจูŠ ุจูƒุฑ ุงู„ูˆุงุฑุฌู„ุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1050 โ€“ c. 1110 (~60 years old)

Distinguished 11th-century historian of Ouargla whose 'Kitab al-Siyar wa-Akhbar al-A'imma' is the most vital primary historical source on the Rustamid Dynasty of Tahert.

Ouargla, Algeria
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