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The Sharifs of Al-Bushti are descendants of the Almoravids, and they are the descendants of Sharif Sidi Ali Al-Bushti, who was a pious jurist, knowledgeable in religious matters. It is narrated that during a period of drought, people came to him to ask for rain, so he led them in the Istisqa prayer, and remained humble and supplicating to God after the people had dispersed from around him after despairing of rain. Suddenly, the sky rained heavily, so he was called Abu Al-Shita or Al-Bushti.