A royal blue Beni Mguild rug, 1980s-90s, with a pleasing color variation in the open field and a wild surface. There is a small square motif in black, visible only on the back of the carpet, suggesting an origin in the border area between the Ait Sgougou and the Beni Mguild. Monochrome blue carpets were originally much rarer to find than the red ones. Due to high market demand in recent years, the blue carpets are still being made in small rural productions, but the color variation is usually less vivid or absent in contrast to such genuine examples.

The tribal area of the BENI MGUILD is located in the central portion of the Middle Atlas with Azrou as the largest town in the territory. The Beni Mguild tribe is split up into nine sub-tribes divided into three zones: the Azaghar Plateau region, the ridges of the Middle Atlas proper, and the steppes of the Upper Moulouya Valley. The knotted rugs of the Beni Mguild have a high pile height (up to 4 cm/ 1.57 in) with a dense structure if used as sleeping rugs. The ones used as floor coverings for festive occasions are lower in pile and even denser in structure. The colors are usually brownish purple or burgundy red, white ones are highly unusual, and in rarer cases also blue or green. The rugs of the Beni Mtir, Ait Seghrouchène (with a dark background), Zayan, Guigou and Ait Sgougou are most often confused with the ones of the Beni Mguild.