The Hodh and the Mauritanian Coast The Beydan tribes are, and they are the center of their Haratin and their servants; they do not practice any trade, but rather raise livestock. In the past, when their herds conflicted, they found a way to increase warfare with their neighbors, and perhaps even with the camps of their relatives themselves, and they are known as first-class warriors. In the past, they owned many servants who cultivated the valleys near the wells of Al-Taweel, Al-Arnab, and Bouzriba, and the outskirts of Bassiknou; these servants, who were freed in name, remained in reality under moral domination. Almost all of them have become settled, inhabiting real villages, building their huts of mud or straw, surrounded by mud walls, resembling the villages of Goundam, but with much lower roofs; the most important of these villages is Bassiknou, which is the capital, and we see Koutila, Badi, Mad Allah, and Khalifa. The Oulad Allouch, and even their cousins the Tormoz and the people of Bourda, sometimes intermarry with the Touareg and the Fulani, and the negroes of the coast call them by the name known to them for the Beydan (Serah) and sometimes by their name for the Touareg (Bouzdam). While the Aletab of the people of Talib Abd Allah, and some other personalities, are respected for their religious devotion, this is also the "Tette" of the Oulad Allouch for the most part. Secondly: The People of Bourda - Historical Overview Bourda, as it is generally called for brevity, the people of Bourda, are precisely, and based on the genealogy, from the tribe of Oulad Allouch. Today they form a completely independent tribe, despite their connection to it through many intermarriages. Nevertheless, when someone is attributed to Oulad Allouch, they consider it an insult. It is true that their ancestor who gave them this name, Bourda, is descended from Bouali bin Allouch. There are other camps of the tribe descended from Allouch through Daoud the Younger and Bouzid, who are two sons of Allouch. Bourda (the Charger against the Enemy) is the first leader of the tribe, and he is their ancestor who gave them his name. (13) - The one who charges, i.e., charges into battle.