The Mauritanian Coast and Basin The Beydan Tribes in (e) Al-Barabish, comprising 11 tents, whose chief is Sidi Gal bin Sidi Ahmed bin Omar Bay. They trace their origin to Awlad Ahmed (Al-Barabish). They say their ancestor is Al-Hajj Ali, who fled Al-Barabish in the mid-19th century following a murder, took refuge with Awlad Alloush, married into their tribe, and settled among them. To these five branches of Awlad Alloush, we must add the camels, comprising 193 tents, the Zawiyas of Ahl Al-Taleb Abdullah, and the inhabitants of the Ksar of Baskinu, as follows: (f) Ahl Al-Taleb Abdullah, who are of pure Awlad Alloush stock, but have become Zawiyas. They trace their lineage to Abdullah bin Bou Zeid bin Alloush, who repented after poisoning his family. Despite this, Ahl Al-Taleb Abdullah do not today possess the characteristics of Zawiyas. Their chief is Betteh bin Al-Murabit bin Mohammed Al-Mukhtar bin Mohammed bin Al-Taleb Abdullah, the ancestor from whom the branch derives its name. (g) Baskinu, which is a small Ksar inhabited by two hundred people. It took its current form in the 19th century around a well bearing the same name. According to tradition, the well was dug in earlier times by a group from the Zanj tribe of Bitiyar. However, at the beginning of the 19th century, Bideh and his son Hadoun expelled them, which caused some reactions from their side. Based on the history of the governors who invaded the village in 1832, killing many people, including a righteous man, the faqih Abaytanah bin Ahmed. The Awlad Alloush tribe used to send its servants and harabitin to the village each year for work. Later, they suspected it would be better to leave some of them there for permanent residence, and over time, some of them gained their freedom. They no longer pay Awlad Alloush anything but an annual tribute. The traveler Leney passed through Baskinu in 1880 on his way to Sekou. He found no one there, as Sheikh bin Sidi had withdrawn from it and destroyed the well in anticipation of a French attack, following his refusal to submit in 1826. A short time later, as we have already said, a detachment of French forces coming from Titektou occupied the Ksar (10) before being forced to evacuate it shortly thereafter. During this time, a number of Awlad Alloush men submitted. The French forces actually returned to Baskinu in 1897. The people fled except for their chief, who presented himself. Major Laquider passed through Baskinu during a reconnaissance mission in the eastern coastal region in April 1908, shortly before the submission of the last Awlad Alloush rebels. It was only occupied for a few weeks and was recovered in 1911 to be used as a supply base for the column going to occupy Walata, but