Chapter Two: The Hakania Sub-tribes (Idelba – Al-Wusra – Tahajant – Tiflalet) Introduction In the Eastern Sahel region, there are four small sub-tribes of Hakania origin: Idelba, Al-Wusra, Tahajant, and Tiflalet. While these groups may have retained a memory of that origin and the resulting sentiment of kinship and solidarity, they do not strengthen under the general name of Tahajant, with the exception of one of them, which is the smallest in number. Their early history was common, as all narratives here agree with the narratives of the parent tribe, Tahajant, in Mauritania, from which these sub-tribes separated at the end of the seventeenth century. The camps of Tahajant once lived as a nation and a family in Adrar under the leadership of Sidi Al-Mu'id, and built the palace of Tichitt between Chinguetti and Oualata. As they partially abandoned nomadic life, they ended up becoming semi-settled. However, they separated from each other and abandoned the palace. This is further reinforced by the story that a woman from the Kenta tribe came to Tichitt, visiting her Hakania father, then went to the house of one of her friends. But a young man intercepted her, blocking the door with his legs. When she tried to pass him, he knocked her down in an indecent position. This was considered a disgrace that quickly led to a battle between her relatives and the young man's family, which only stopped with contact between the combatants and the abandonment of the palace (1). A branch of Tahajant went north and settled on the left bank of the Draa valley, from which they migrate to Tichitt, and their center is now Tindouf. Another branch migrated south and southeast. In my work on (The Emirate of Trarza) (2), another branch penetrated into Tichitt and Gorgol. A split occurred among them when a branch of the Gwalil penetrated to the east, but it clashed with the coast and retreated. They reached an understanding with their cousins for peace to return to the tribe (end of the seventeenth century). However, all the camps of the branch that passed through Tichitt heading east did not return, and a number of them remained in the two regions. (1) This narrative is common with some variations, as it is said that the girl's thighs fell in one of the narrow streets. See the book Al-Fulaweya by Sheikh Sidi Muhammad bin Sheikh Sidi Al-Mukhtar, and Zad Babha bin Sheikh Sidia in his book Tarikh Awda'ish, that Tahajant Arkanchan originated from a caravan that had left Tichitt. When he learned of this incident, he settled there, i.e., in Tindouf, and the caravan that was in Al-Sinfal followed him, and it became so over time. (2) The Emirate of Trarza in the Collection of the Islamic World, Paris – Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, the author.