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The confederation and its sections · Tribe

Aït Khebbach

Tafilalet (Taouz, Tazoulait, Lhfira); ranges between the Guir hamada, Ougnat, Saghro and Tazarine

Partly documentedآيت خباش

Spillmann describes them as former great Saharan nomads whose movements reached the Touat, Gourara and Tidikelt, with caravans to the Sudan around 1870; the occupation of the Algerian oases in 1901-1902 pushed them westwards. They elect a common sheikh every year. Bound to the Bni Mhammed by a tafergant pact, they get on with the Aït Ouahlim, especially the Aït Hassou, and are the bitterest enemies of the Aït Isfoul. They fought the French advance from 1870 and supported Mohammed n'Ifrouten and then Belqasem Ngadi; in 1932 they “preferred exile to submission”, writes Spillmann, and the translator recalls their resistance in the Draa and the Bani. A legend has their ancestors enter the confederation under the sponsorship of the Aït Bou Iknifen.

Assisted translation, not validated

Historical landmarks

  1. Before 1936

    Some Aït Khebbach live in the upper Ziz, among the Aït Youssi and among the Beni Djelidassen of the Beni Ouaraïn, according to Spillmann.

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

    The people of Cheraya (Tabelbala), of Aït Isfoul origin, describe themselves as under the obedience of the Aït Khebbach when they ask to sow in the lower Daoura beside them.

    Lefébure (1987), p. 28, n. 13

Sections and lineages

  • Irjdalen
  • Aït Amr
  • Ilhyan
  • Izoulain
  • Aït Taghla
  • Aït Bourk

Spillmann (2007), trad. p. 77-78, n. 23 et 27 du traducteur — Six ighsan according to Hart, which the translator judges consistent with what the Aït Khebbach themselves say; Spillmann gave only two. The common sheikh is elected among the first four.

Notables

  • Mohammed ou BaniOf the Irjdalen; a renowned old fighter, loyal to Belqasem Ngadi.Spillmann (2007), trad. p. 78 (orig. p. 94)

Classifications according to the sources

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

Documented figures

Archives to consult

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

  • Tribu des Aït Kebbache (bureau de Taouz)1MA/285, n° 438-2 · Centre des archives diplomatiques de Nantes (2016), p. 32

To be documentedThe sources consulted say nothing yet about: identified images.

Sources — 1 sources cited · 1 independent documentary line(s)

  1. Spillmann et al., 2007 — trad. p. 30, 77-78 (orig. p. 34, 92-94)Excerpts consulted · Colonial military