Chapter One: The Daoudia Tribes The quarters of Ahl Omran, Barabish, and Ahl Barka also separated from him after Ahl Amkay failed him, but they continued to pay him tribute without obeying his orders; these minor incidents point to the independent character of this warrior tribe, which should draw our attention to the flexibility and tact we must always maintain in dealing with these nomads. 2 – Distribution and Current Personalities The Awlad Alloush comprise two groups: (1) – Awlad Alloush of the camels, a nomadic group (Na'ma – Wulat). (2) – Awlad Alloush of the nomads, a group of semi-nomads, very religious (Skolo). (a) – Awlad Alloush of the camels are divided into five sub-fakhds: (a) Al-Halla, (b) Al-Othmana, (c) Al-Mahdara, (d) Al-Katakkat, (e) Al-Barabish, (f) Ahl Al-Taleb Abdullah [ (g) Baskashu]. – Al-Halla, as its name suggests, is the quarter of the presidency and comprises 32 tents. Its Sheikh is Hatna bin Al-Sheikh, the overall chief of the tribe. (b) Al-Othmana, sometimes called Othman and even Fattan, consists of 76 tents. Since the death of Aslamat (a Berber distortion of Ghamara) bin Addeh in 1916, their chief has been bin Dafnaj. They consist of the following quarters: Ahl Al-Joud, their chief: bin Addeh; Ahl Hamad bin Issa, their chief: A'mar bin Jud; Awlad Balqasim, their chief: Al-Dafh bin Dafnaj; and Al-Maqayis, their chief: Ali bin Khabta; they trace their lineage to a pure Alloushi origin through Othman bin Bouali bin Alloush. (c) Al-Mahdara, consisting of 38 tents, graze particularly around Bir Al-Arnab. Their chief is Sidi Mohamed bin Ma'touq, who succeeded his son Ahmed bin Mohamed [bin] Ibrahim, who submitted to us. They include the following quarters: Ahl Ghaibed, their chief: Sidi Mohamed bin Ma'touq; Ahl Ali bin Al-Mukhtar, their chief: Mohamed bin Obeid; and Al-Mahdara, who are of pure Alloushi origin. They trace their lineage to Al-Mukhtar [Al-Muqaddam] bin Bouali bin Alloush. (d) Al-Katakkat, 36 tents, include the following encampments: Ahl Barka, their chief: Mohamed Laqtaf; Ahl Amkay, their chief: Ahmed Al-Wali bin Ahmed Ramadan; and Ahl Omran, their chief: Sidi Mohamed bin Al-Taleb. The overall chief of the fakhd is Mohamed Laqtaf bin Mohamed bin Ali [Lhamad Laali]. The Katakkat currently form a large tribe in southern Morocco. They were formerly associated with the Awlad Alloush in the northern Sahara. Following the migration of the Awlad Alloush southward, only a few tents remained, who are the ancestors of this branch (9). (9) The Katakkat are also found in Kenana Adrar, and Al-Hasswa mentions them among the Awlad Al-Nasser.