Chapter Two: The Fakhads 67 His respect for authority was great over his group; and we later observed that it was not strange that his former rival Oube’s rebellion continued, as well as the rebellion of the leader of the Brabish, and he did everything he could to prevent them from returning to obedience; however, this did not prevent Captain Cauvin, when he was in Bougbiba at the beginning of 1906, from returning his followers to him and gathering all his camps for him; and shortly thereafter, after his departure towards Taoudenni, Mohamed ben Ali, the head of the sub-fakhad of Ahl al-Sharqi, parted with him with thirty tents, and moved to the east of the Fraich region, refusing to recognize his authority, and paid his share of the tax independently. Ahmed ibn Helouh was assassinated in June 1907 in Arrounan by a Ghelati man who was himself killed several days later by a Termezi man; and his successor, elected by the group on August 31, was Sheikh Sidi ben Ali, previously mentioned. Sheikh Sidi faced much hardship in establishing his authority, and found great opposition from the two sons of Ahmed ibn Helouh, Mohamed and Abdeljalil, as they claimed the right to succeed their father and refused to obey Sheikh Sidi’s orders, even going so far as to insult him; and although his election was unanimous by the group, many notables wished to appoint Mohamed or Abdeljalil, but they voted for Sheikh Sidi because of the rivalry between the two brothers. Sheikh Sidi, born around 1870, was intelligent and active and contributed strongly, at our request, to separating his tribe from the control of the Brabish; and over time he was able to impose his authority, but unfortunately, in 1912, due to his ignorance or inability, he failed to host invaders from the north, which led to his dismissal on charges of complicity with them, and he was replaced, by election of the group, by his cousin Abdeljalil ben Ahmed, born around 1880. 2 - Distribution The Wosra, as we have said, consists of two parts: the Eastern Gathering, which is administratively attached to Goundam, and the Western Gathering, which is attached to the Wilaya of Nema region. The Eastern Wosra is divided into three sub-fakhads and includes 205 tents of the Oulad Abi Yijeh, which are Ahl Khouzam, Oulad Mouh, Ahl al-Sharqi, and Arwaq; Ahl Khouzam includes approximately 40 tents, and their chief is Mohamed ben Ahmed ben Helouh, while the chief of Oulad Mouh is Sidi Abdallah ben El Amin, and they include 95 tents; the second fakhad is Ahl al-Sharqi (Oulad Abi Yijeh), whose chief is Mohamed ben Ali ben Mohamed; as for Arwaq, their chief is Mokhtar ben Ahmed Ghali, who is also the general chief of the fakhad, which includes 70 tents; they generally travel between El Fakibine and Arrounan, close to the Brabish region, and reach north of Fraich. In winter, they camp north of Fraich.