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and the

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region, centered on

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in the Guir valley. They became prominent in the area with their expansion eastwards around the 17th century, notably at the expense of the

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and Hamyan. Like several other tribes of the region, they are divided into "five fifths" (''khams khmas''), tracing their descent to a common ancestor, `Addi el-Meni`i; according to Dunn (1977:70), these are: * Ouled Djelloul. * Ouled Youssef. * Idersa. * Ouled Bou Anane. * Ouled bel Giz. To these a "sixth" was added by alliance in the 19th century: the neighbouring

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near Bechar. Traditionally mainly nomadic, agriculture became an essential part of their economy in the eighteenth century: each "fifth" cultivated a portion of the seasonally flooded lands along the Guir valley near Abadla, and stored the produce in fortified silos (''matmura''s).Capot-Rey 1952:138 They also bought, or confiscated, palm groves at nearby oases.

References

* Ross E. Dunn, ''Resistance in the desert: Moroccan responses to French imperialism 1881-1912''. Taylor & Francis 1977. * Robert Capot-Rey
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'' 1952, vol. 61, n. 324, pp. 138–142 Arab tribes in Algeria {{Algeria-stub