Magarha

The Magarha (also: al-Magarha or Mogarba ) is a large Arab tribe in Libya . With an estimated 1 million tribal members, the Magarha are Libya's second largest tribe. They are actually from Fezzan , but many of them have relocated to Sirte and elsewhere on the coast.

The Magarha, along with the Warfalla, have long had an important alliance with Muammar al-Gaddafi , with many Magarha who held upper echelons in the Libyan government and the security forces. Abdullah Senussi , Muammar Gaddafi's brother-in-law and the head of the military secret service.

literature

• Amal S. M. El-Obeidi (Department of Political Science, Faculty of Economics, Garyounis University / Garyounis University, Benghazi , Libya): Political Culture in Libya. Routledge, London 2001, ISBN 978-07007-1229-8 . 266 pp.
• Ali Abdullatif Ahmida: The Making of Modern Libya: State Formation, Colonization, and Resistance, 1830–1932. State University of New York Press, New York City 2000. ISBN 978-07914-1762-1 . 240 pp.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Associated Press : Gadhafi's rule relying on wavering tribal support ( Memento April 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
2. ↑ Reuters: Factbox: Libya's key cultural, tribal divisions. ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Homeland Security Newswire: Analysis: Support for, opposition to, Gaddafi is tribal in nature.