The Basin and the Mauritanian Coast in the marshes, with the right to take refuge behind our guns during their presence on our territories, and they can also ask us to act against anyone who wishes to harass or plunder them, and they must inform the French authorities at the nearest post whenever they move more than two days north of Afakibeen. Thirdly, they pledge to cut off all relations throughout the year with tribes hostile to us, and they must stand with us against them, and provide us with the information we request. Fourthly, they pledge to provide an annual tribute of fifty sheep, to be collected for us by the administrator, and to provide us, in exchange for payment, with guides and transport that may be needed. Fifthly, and finally, the Tirmiz tribe will be allowed, until further notice, to provide us with the equivalent of fifty sheep in gum or ostrich feathers. From that date onwards, Al-Siddiq, who had previously participated in the Aitkane affair in 1896, remained allied with [Governor] Lapperine, despite the kinship ties that bound him to the Awlad Alloush, who were then among the rebels; and many mistakenly claimed that agents of the Awlad Alloush, Mansour, and Awlad Ghilan were hiding in his tribe to protect the Iba and Wat from the Wasra and Idliya, etc.; Al-Siddiq came to Timbuktu in February 1898 to claim what was wrongly taken from him, and it was returned to him. Al-Siddiq died in June 1903 without leaving a direct heir, and the male lineage descended from Al-Naw disappeared with him, leaving only one daughter who married Muhammad al-Sheikh bin Anam al-Jukni, who had long resided among them, and the principle of inheritance led this stranger to assume leadership of the tribe for a period, but he was forced to resign in 1905 due to the difficulties he encountered from all sides. He was replaced by Boukier bin Abd al-Rahman, and all efforts to reunite the tribe were in vain, as the northern Tirmiz, after several unsuccessful attempts to appease them, were finally with the Barabish (1903-1904). They were indeed part of them for several years, after Al-Nahal, Ahl Abadi, and Ahl Tikkur formed an alliance with Muhammad bin Yusuf and Muhammad bin Rahhal, the leaders of the Barabish; and during the leadership of Boukier [bin Abd al-Rahman], the camp of the son of Al-Siddiq bin Sidi Al-Amin broke away and joined the other gathering led by Sidi Al-Mukhtar [bin Al-Khalifa], with whom he still is. Boukier bin Abd al-Rahman, born in 1865, was elected by the western Tirmiz as chief of the clan in 1905. He was a cousin of his predecessor, but more importantly, he was the son of [Lady] Manzoula bint Sheikh bin Al-Naw, whom his father Abd al-Rahman had married. Thus, he was a son of one of Al-Siddiq's cousins through Al-Naw, and therefore his grandson. Boukier was a prominent and wealthy figure in the tribe, highly respected, and enjoyed great fame.