Chapter One: The Daoudi Tribes (6) Finally, Sheikh [Ahmed] bin Arshiq pledged to visit the leader of Timbuktu as soon as his health permitted. And it was Sidiina bin Al-Bayi. Their tribute was then reduced to about 250 sheep, and on July 15, 1908, by decision of Lieutenant Colonel Lafredier, this tribute was abolished due to the difficulty of collecting it, and after their pastoral lands, and exchanged it for 4 tribute camels aged between six to seven years. This peace was illusory, because the people of Bourda attached no importance to the agreements they signed; They were mentioned in the attempts to assassinate Sheikh bin Imran Al-Idili, and the attempt to assassinate Sidiina bin Suwaydi Al-Alusi, both of whom were loyal to us, and this was at the Ras El Ma military post. They were also mentioned in two incidents of looting the aforementioned post in 1899, and a double attack on a military patrol, as well as in numerous acts of plunder in the region, and finally in the assassination of a Mauritanian from Idili who was working as a guide in Ras El Ma. These actions, in addition to the good relations they continued to maintain with the Awlad Alush, brought them harsh punitive campaigns; on several occasions their sheep were seized, or the salt caravans they were guarding, or accompanying on behalf of their friends from Awlad Alush; and after finally hearing of this troubled life, they decided to seek tranquility, around the year 1902. The people of Bourda had long been politically subordinate to Mashthouf, and when they were forced to pay a contribution to them, and if they moved away from them, Mashthouf did not hesitate to travel to them to collect it, and even in August 1915, Al-Thalath [bin Al-Sheikh] wanted to approach Ras El Ma, but Mashthouf prevented them and asked him to join them, [but he refused; To avoid misunderstandings and to avoid the arrival of the people of Al-Muhaymid, he sent them 30 camels and 50 pieces of indigo cloth (17); in return, their relations were always good with their cousins, the Awlad Alush, and they always maintained these relations by offering small gifts even in recent times, where they sent them annually to the chief of Awlad Alush, sometimes consisting of a pair of camels, or ten pieces of indigo clothing. ________________________________________ (17) – It is a black garment that affects skin color, worn by Mauritanian women, as well as women in Eastern Islamic countries, and men used turbans from it.