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Aït Isfoul

Ktaoua (Draa), Fezwata, Taghbalt, Boudib-Msissi, Todgha

Partly documentedآيت إيسفول

According to Spillmann, they are spread from the Ktaoua to the Todgha, via Fezwata, Taghbalt and the Boudib-Msissi area south of the Ougnat; some are also found at Ousikis, in the Rteb and as far as Tabelbalt. A legend collected in 1919 by Captain Noël traces their ancestor to an Alaouite descendant from the Tafilalet. Bound to the Aït Ounir by a tafergant pact, they protect the Aït Alouane, get on with the Aït Yazza and are hostile to the Aït Ouahlim, especially the Aït Hassou, as to the Aït Khebbach; in the Draa they took several qsour from the Aït Ouahlim. Their Aït Mchkoukod section, at Boudib and Msissi, has a policy of its own. In 1933, Aït Isfoul fought in the auxiliary harkas.

Assisted translation, not validated

Historical landmarks

  1. Before 1936

    Some Aït Isfoul live in the Rharb and among the Aït Youssi of the Guigou, according to Spillmann.

    Spillmann (1936), p. 100
  2. Winter 1937-1938

    The people of Cheraya, a quarter of Tabelbala, “attaoui by origin, Ayt Isfoul, as by obedience to the Ayt Khebbach”, ask the authority at Taouz for the right to sow in the lower Daoura. In 1954, eighteen families still make this round trip of more than 200 km (Champault, quoted by Lefébure).

    Lefébure (1987), p. 28, n. 13

Sections and lineages

  • Aït Babighef
  • Aït Icho
  • Aït Hammi
  • Aït Brahim ou Hammi

Spillmann (1936), p. 101 (tableau vérifié sur l'image) — Clans: Aït Daoud ou Ali, Aït Fatah, Aït Icho ou Ali, Aït Ouacho (Aït Babighef); Aït Chao, Aït Toufouchen, Aït Tkiout, Aït Mezdad (Aït Icho); Ikkeban, Aït Oudjou, Aït Oumnasf including the Aït Boudad, Aït Mechkoukoud (Aït Hammi); Ifrakh, Aït Bibich, Aït Irhri, Aït Saïd ou Hakko (Aït Brahim ou Hammi). About 800 hearths.

Classifications according to the sources

  • Table of the five khmas, situation at the end of 1930.Spillmann (2007), trad. p. 61 (orig. p. 74)

Images and documents

Images linked to this component through a place or a person connected with it: they do not necessarily depict it.

Historical photographDrawing water at Tagounite, Drâa valley (1955)1955Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam)Probable attribution— Identification based on a published or institutional source, without independent confirmation.
Historical photographTomb traditionally attributed to Dadda Atta, at Taqqat n-Iliktawn (Tagounite)Non datéePublication d'origine non retrouvée (légende dans la graphie de D. M. Hart) ; fichier fourni par le titulaire du projetProbable attribution— Identification based on a published or institutional source, without independent confirmation.
Contemporary photographBuilding presented as the tomb of Dadda Atta (recent photograph)Non datée (photographie récente)Fichier fourni par le titulaire du projet (« Dada Atta tomb.jpg », enregistré depuis un service Google)Uncertain attribution— Provenance, date or subject not established: read with the reservations in the record.
Contemporary photographFunerary enclosure presented as Dadda Atta's mausoleumNon datée (photographie récente)Fichier fourni par le titulaire du projet (« ضريح دادا عطا.jpeg »)Uncertain attribution— Provenance, date or subject not established: read with the reservations in the record.

Archives to consult

Files known from the inventory of the French diplomatic archives (1MA/285): SAGHRO has not yet consulted them.

  • Tribu des Aït Isfoul du Ktaoua, 1953, capitaine Niclausse1MA/285, n° 311 · Centre des archives diplomatiques de Nantes (2016), p. 28
  • Tribu des Aït Isfoul, confédération des Arib, tribu des Aït Allouan du Ktaoua, Aït Allouane du M'hamid, Ksouriens du Ktaoua, Ksouriens du M'hamid, 1933-19391MA/285, n° 323-1 à 323-3 · Centre des archives diplomatiques de Nantes (2016), p. 29
  • Tribu des Aït Isfoul (bureau d'Alnif)1MA/285, n° 437-2 · Centre des archives diplomatiques de Nantes (2016), p. 32

To be documentedThe sources consulted say nothing yet about: named figures.

Sources — 2 sources cited · 2 independent documentary line(s)

  1. Spillmann et al., 2007 — trad. p. 41, 70-71, 114 (orig. p. 48, 85-87, 142)Excerpts consulted · Colonial military
  2. Spillmann, 1936 — p. 100-101Excerpts consulted · Colonial military