The Mauritanian Basin and Coast 20 to Bedouin of minor influence on the coast, in the style of their neighbors, the Iflan Urarih. They became owners of large herds of cattle, sheep, and goats, so much so that they sent their freedmen and servants to establish agricultural villages (Mad Allah, Khalifa, and Nari... etc.). These are, in our time, the Awlad Alloush, the cattle and the masses, and the Awlad Za'im! They lost, for the aforementioned reasons, part of their warrior values, and were forced to acknowledge the dominance of their cousins who remained nomadic, as they oversee the appointment of their leaders, who are nevertheless chosen from within the ruling family itself. These migrations and transformations occurred in the seventeenth century. The southern Sahara was not the only region where the Awlad Daud were found. There is an account presented by A. J. P. Martin in his book "The Saharan Oases" which states that the Awlad Daud enjoyed influence in the entire Tamentit region at the end of the fifteenth century. They built fountains for public use and minted currency. Their relatives are the Awlad Daud residing in Tighourarine.