Marabout
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In the Muslim world, the marabout is a descendant of Muhammad and a Muslim religious leader and teacher who historically had the function of a chaplain serving as a part of an Islamic army, notably in
Picture of a marabout in the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) c. 1970
Marabout in Djenné, Mali
Marabouts reciting Al-Fatiha during a baptism in Niger
Marabout's tomb, southern Morocco
Maghreb
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The Maghreb, also known as the Greater Maghreb and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The Maghreb region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mau
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…مُرابِط, romanized: murābiṭ, lit. 'one who is attached/garrisoned') is a descendant of Muhammad (Arabic: سـيّد, romanized: sayyid and sidi in the Maghreb) and a Muslim religious leader and teacher who historically had the function of a chaplain serving as a part of an Islamic army, notably in North Africa…
Maghreb head ornament (Morocco)
Roman trireme on a mosaic in the Bardo Museum, Tunisia
Theater in the Roman town of Cuicul in Djemila
The Great Mosque of Kairouan, founded by the Arab general Uqba Ibn Nafi (in 670), is the oldest mosque in the Maghreb city of Kairouan, Tunisia.