Morabedis (Without Islam)

The Morabedis (Moorish: ⵉⵎⵕⴰⴱⴹⴻⵏ Imṛabḍen, Spanish: Moravedíes) were a confederation of Moorish tribes of western Mauritania, who formed an empire in the 11th century that stretched over the western Mauritania and Wandalus. Founded by Tacfin Ben Brahim, their capital was Marrakesh, a city they founded in 1062. The tribes originated among the Lamtuna and the Gudala, nomadic Moor tribes of the Magne Desert, traversing the territory between the Draa, the Niger, and the Senegal rivers.