Magarha
Sign in to savethumb|The Magarha are a tribe found mainly in the Fezzan province in the western parts of Libya. __NOTOC__ The Magarha (also al-Magarha, Meqariha) () is one of the major Arab tribes of Libya. They originate from Fezzan province of Libya and have been an influential supporters and beneficiaries of Muammar Gaddafi during his long rule and then Libya's 2011 civil war. Some Magarha have relocated to Sirte and elsewhere along the coast.
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thumb|The Magarha are a tribe found mainly in the Fezzan province in the western parts of Libya. __NOTOC__ The Magarha (also al-Magarha, Meqariha) () is one of the major Arab tribes of Libya. They originate from Fezzan province of Libya and have been an influential supporters and beneficiaries of Muammar Gaddafi during his long rule and then Libya's 2011 civil war. Some Magarha have relocated to Sirte and elsewhere along the coast.
After the Warfalla tribe which is Libya's largest, the Magarha are Libya's second largest tribe with an estimated 1 million members.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Magarha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.