Beni Ouriaghel (also called Beni Waryaghar in Tarifit; other variants include Aît Waryaguil, Aît being a Berber equivalent of the Arabic Beni) is a Berber tribe of the region of Rif, in the North coast of Morocco.

The Beni Ouriaghel was one of the main groups which participated in the Rif wars (see Republic of the Rif) against the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco at the beginning of 20th century. The Spanish authorities considered it the nucleus of insumisión to the colonial authority in the Eastern zone of this protectorate (see Disaster of Annual).

The leadership of the Beniurriagel specially was in the family of the Khattabi and in the person of Mohammed Abd el-Krim. Its center was the small locality of Ajdir, in the bay of Al Hoceima.

Bibliography

• D.M. Hart: The Ayt Waryaghel of the Moroccan Rif. A History and an ethnography. Tuscon University, 1975

References

Rif | Ethnic groups in Morocco | History of Morocco