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The Mauritanian Hodh and Coast The Beydani tribes in the Hodh and Mauritanian Coast They spread out in the Okla, and at the end of the rainy season they move north in search of pastures, and spread out in the Okla, and reach the wilayas to which they are administratively linked today. The Oulad Sra have an organization for caravan journeys, and they are indeed major camel breeders, and they also have many sheep; and the Oulad Sra are completely unable to defend themselves because they are students, and their factions are very divided among themselves, and sometimes hostile to the authority of their chief; and in November 1907, Sheikh Sidi gave a number of rifles to consolidate his authority and defend himself from external aggressions, and distributed them among the three factions, where the community under his leadership determines the territories of the Attenjacs, and he had to, if not forced, take the factions on the move to return the rifles to be distributed to the other two factions, after a few weeks.
A number of Oulad Sra notables enjoy great prestige, their names are Mohamed ben Khateri of Oulad Abih, and Ahmed ben Akinnen of Oulad Mohamed. There is also a marabout from the Sharaka, Moulay Ahmed, who lives among the Oulad Sra and has gained a certain reputation among them. In 1908, after falling victim to an invasion by some northern tribes, he went on a tour to seek assistance, and returned a few months later with forty camels. The Oulad Sra of the East are sub-divided into five camps comprising a total of 174 tents, divided into El Hella, Ahl Enkay, Ahl Mohamed Ali ben Enkay, Ahl El Ounas, and Ahl Jed; and all of them are today administratively divided into four sub-factions led by the following chiefs: (1) Mohamed El Mokhtar ben Enkay, 50 tents. (2) Abneh ben El Kasseir, 40 tents. (3) Mohamed Brahim ben Mohamed Abbeh, 35 tents. (4) Ahmed ben El Hadj Ali, 20 tents. The chief of the entire faction is Mohamed El Mokhtar ben Enkay, who succeeded on June 15, 1915, his cousin Bouna ben Talba, who died in March of the same year. He is a renowned sheikh with a number of students, and his community produces in the south and southeast of Neama with the Kalamat, the Tnaquid, and the Ighman Arabs. In the summer, they can be seen in Boutibiya, Boutz'a'ah, and Seifan, they are