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Zayd ou-Hmadزايد أوحمادPortrait not documentedNo authenticated image of this person is known from the sources consulted.

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Zayd ou-Hmad

زايد أوحماد

Ait Merghad man who carried on the armed struggle with two or three companions until spring 1936.

Born
unknown
Died
1936, Tadafelt ksar (lower Todgha) Confirmed by a verified source
Ait Yafelman (Ait Merghad, Ait Hdiddou…)
Affiliation
Ait Merghad (Ait Yafelman confederation).
Spellings
Zaïd ou Ahmed · Zayd u Hmad · Zaid Ouhmad

Biography

After the Baddou, Zayd ou-Hmad carried out a series of raids against the goums until early 1936; his adventure ended at the ksar of Tadafelt on the lower Todgha (Peyron 2013). Peyron calls him “highly controversial, half resistance fighter, half bandit”; he has become a heroic figure of Amazigh memory (Ouchna, Uddur n umur, IRCAM).

Assisted translation, not validated

Uncertainties

  • Often confused with Zayd ou-Skounti; they are two distinct people.

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

  1. — « Merghad, Ayt (Ayt Merγad) » — § 7Full text consulted · Academic research
  2. Peyron, 2013Full text consulted · Academic research

Related events

  1. 1936Confirmed by a verified source

    End of Zayd ou-Hmad's lone struggle

    With two or three companions, this Ait Merghad man keeps up raids until spring 1936; the adventure ends at the ksar of Tadafelt (lower Todgha).

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

    1. — « Merghad, Ayt (Ayt Merγad) » — § 7Full text consulted · Academic research
    2. Peyron, 2013Full text consulted · Academic research