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 Alwad dynasty was a prominent family that governed the Fezzan region, located in present-day southwestern Libya,