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

• Sefiane
• Sless
• Chiadma
• Beni Ahsen
• Beni Mathar
• Beni Hassan
• Maqil
• Beni Amir

See also

• North African Arabs
• Arab tribes
• Arabs
• Morocco
• Tunesia
• Maghreb
• Maghrebis

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