The Basin and the Mauritanian Coast 70 Fourth: Teflat The Teflat descend from Fulan, brother of Fulan [al-Abbar]. They are therefore uncles of the tribal chiefs of the Hodh and Mauritania. And just as Fulan and Jakan descend from Musum (8), the ancestor of the Musuma tribe, the Teflat are relatives of the Musuma, and thus form a branch of the Lemtuna tribes. Among them is a family from Idoubal, which is the tent of the Imam ibn al-Sultan. The Mauritanian account seems reliable, and by this I mean the one that places all these tribes, the tribal chiefs, the Teflat, and the Musuma of the Hodh, on the same level of kinship, which represents the same name in Mauritania, in addition to them all being cousins of Lemtuna, Idwalhaj, and Idouish. The Teflat follow the circle of Nema, and are divided into the following camps: Ahl Abdullah ibn al-Dhi, and their chief is al-Dhi ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Ahl Ahmad [ibn] Othman, and their chief is Muhammad al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad Othman. Al-Halla, and its chief is Sidi al-Mukhtar. Sharaq, and their chief is Muhammad al-Amin ibn Sidi Ahmad. Ahl al-Din, and their chief is Muhammad al-Amin ibn al-Din. Ahl Sidi Muhammad, and their chief is Muhammad al-Fattah. Ahl al-Talib Jadd, and their chief is Ibrahim ibn al-Talib Jadd. Ahl al-Shaykh Muhammad, and their chief is Muhammad Abdullah. And the current chief of the general branch is Sidi al-Mukhtar. The marabouts of the Teflat are somewhat respected by the sons of Muhammad [Bahmad], especially by the Tarqalt and Sukkana branches. The most esteemed maraboutic figure of the Fulan is Muhammad al-Amin ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Talib al-Amin. He was a disciple of the great Shaykh Muhammad Fadel through his student Muhammad ibn Abdullah, and Muhammad al-Amin gave the Qadiri and Shadhili orders to several prominent figures of the Qanun. The Teflat are rich in cattle and sheep, and own few camels. They migrate in the winter between Nema, Kamoun, and Jaj, and in the summer to Sayqa, Fudru, and Hassi al-Bakay ... etc. They own a number of farms that their servants cultivate in Geyrl and Masolgha.

(8) Rather, Asam.