Awlad Muhammad

Ruling tribe in Libya

Awlad Muhammad (or Ouled Muhammed) was a tribe that ruled over the Fezzan region from 1550 to 1812. At their height, their domain extended from Sokna in the north to Murzuq in the south, as well as in the present-day territories of Chad and Niger The Muhammad Awlad dynasty was a prominent family from a sharif from Morocco named Muhammad al-Fasi who formed and was credited as the founder of the Awlad dynasty, which governed the Fezzan region, located in present-day southwestern Libya, from the late 15th century until the early 19th century.