Spillmann presents them as Maʿqil Arabs entirely Amazighised, counted among the oldest elements of the confederation but kept apart: they took no part in electing the amghar n-ufilla and held on only with the support of the Aït Isfoul. A tradition makes Dadda Atta the author of their name, in memory of the help he received from them; the translator M. Boukbout rejects this etymology. Around 1930 they no longer have a common sheikh; herders and cameleers of the Bani, the Draa and the hamada, they have repeatedly had their herds carried off. According to Qaid ʿAli, they were the only Aït Atta clan absent from the Bougafer (Hart, p. 180).
Assisted translation, not validated
Sections and lineages
- Aït Ghnima
- Aït Boumessaoud
- Aït Sidi
- Aït Ounzar
Spillmann (2007), trad. p. 72-73 (orig. p. 88-89)
Classifications according to the sources
- Table of the five khmas, situation at the end of 1930.Spillmann (2007), trad. p. 61 (orig. p. 74)
Sources — 2 sources cited · 2 independent documentary line(s)