The Oulad Tidrarin ( ar, أولاد تيدرارين) is a Sahrawi

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origins, formerly considered to be of Ansar status. They speak Hassaniya

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. They are

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, belonging to the

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school of Sunni Islam. They live mainly in Western Sahara but also in Morocco and Mauritania.

Origins

The Oulad Tidrarin is one of the oldest

tribes that settled the

Saguia el-Hamra Saguia el-Hamra ( es, Saguía el Hamra, ar, الساقية الحمراء, lit=Red Canal, translit=al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a) was, with Río de Oro, one of the two territories that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969. Its name ...

and

Río de Oro Río de Oro (Spanish for "Gold River"; , ''wādī-að-ðahab'', often transliterated as ''Oued Edhahab'') was, with Saguia el-Hamra, one of the two territories that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969; it had been taken as ...

areas of Northwest Africa, their original home. Many live in the

Cape Bojador Cape Bojador ( ar, رأس بوجادور, trans. ''Rā's Būjādūr''; ber, ⴱⵓⵊⴷⵓⵔ, ''Bujdur''; Spanish and pt, Cabo Bojador; french: Cap Boujdour) is a headland on the west coast of Western Sahara, at 26° 07' 37"N, 14° 29' 57"W ...

and the coastline of the south of

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, some on the coast of

and some branches live in the south and east of Mauritania. There are some members of the Uladsliman and Lidadsa in subgroups in

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

. The name Tidrarin is Berber and means 'small mountains'. It is the diminutive form of ("mountains").

Religious activism

The tribe has established centres for the spread of Islamic culture, particularly along the Atlantic coast region. They have received recognition from the Moroccan sultans for their work in this area.

Clan subdivisions

Oulad Tidrarin can be divided into eleven clans and twenty-three subclans. The clans are: 1. Laboubate :They consist of five subclans: :*msilia :* Ahl Hajj :* Asnubat :* Lamnabha :* Ahl Ahmed Msska :* Sawalih 2. Oulad Sidiasin Ben Aalilaassam :They consist of three subclans: :* Oulad Sliman :* Da'anin :* Ahl Abrehmat 3. Lidadssa (Alidadsa)
4. Alabobat (Laaboubat)
5. Oulad Sidahmad Boghanbur (Oulad Boughanbour) : This clan consists of six subclans: :* Lafaaris :* Oulad Yassin :* Oulad Abdallah (Oulad Moussa, Oulad Boucheguer) :* Oulad Ismail :* Oulad Abderrahman (Ahlsteilah and Arhailat) :* Ahl Talbaali 6. Al Husinat (Lahssinat)
7. Oulad Ali (Al Alaouiin the brave clan in the tribe)
8. Lahmaidat
9. Ahl Yara
10. Oulad Bousshab
11. Oulad El Ghazi All of these tribes gathered in Uladtidrrarin flying are attributed to the Ansar; furthermore, they belong to the main tribe of Azd which contains many tribes, likewise tribe of chuhuh in UAE The majority adheres to certified documents to prove their Ansar parentage. Some of the documents are stored in patches of skin and some in patches of old paper. Most clans meet in the "Aalilasam." A Whole, and who was also Sidaali. It Ali ben Abiazi bin Ibrahim bin Hannin bin Sarhan. And his sons: Aaz nicknamed Merbaialitami, Grandfather of Oulad Boughanbur and the Oulad Ali, Aoub, Grandfather of Alabobat, Ahmed Ben Yaddas, Grandfather Alidadssa Moughlich, Grandfather of Lamghalcha, Sidi Yassin, Grandfather of Oulad Sliman, Ahl Braihmat and Da'anin, Sidi Al Ghazi, Grandfather of Oulad Al Ghazi,

References

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Origins

Religious activism

Clan subdivisions

See also

References