Muhammad al-Warghi

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad bin Aḥmad al-Warghi (Arabic: محمد الورغي), (circa 1713 – 1776) was a Tunisian writer and poet in the 18th century.

he belonged to the tribe of Warghah, which was settling near the city of Kef in the south, or said to be on the border of Tunisia and Algeria.

Al-Warghi was educated and taught during the reign of Ali Bey I, and was his court poet.

He first joined the Madrasahs and learned the Qur'an, fiqh, history, modern sciences, logic, Arabic linguistics at the Al-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis.

Then, He sat down to teach at Al-Zaytouna Mosque later, and worked as a writer in the office of Ali Bey I.