Abda tribe

The Abda (Arab:عبد) tribe is a North-African Moroccan Arabian tribe.[1]

Abda is an Arab tribe, its origin dates back to the tribe Bani Maqil, arrived in the region at the end of the Marinid era. "The Abda are a powerful tribe, consisting of thirty-thousand cind lights, Arab purment race, they occupy a fertile territory, rich in horses and cattle. It is one of five quasi-Makhzen tribes of Morocco." By Eugene Aubin. The name of their ancestor Kaïs Abdel-installed in the twelfth century Almohad time, in plain previously known as the Al Hamra Doukkala "Doukkala red" from Tunisia.

The Abda tribe consists of 3 fractions:[2]
1. bhatra
2. Rabiaa
3. Ouled Aamer.

See also other tribes

See also

References

  1. Moroccan tribes. Tribus du maroc. Abda tribe. http://tribusdumaroc.free.fr/abda.php. 24-05-2016.
  2. Moroccan tribes. Tribus du maroc. Abda tribe. http://tribusdumaroc.free.fr/abda.php. 24-05-2016.
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