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Aït Oussa

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The Aït Oussa, is a large Sahrawi Arab tribe in Morocco, descended from Banu Hilal.[1] [2] Muhammed Sulayman Al-Tayeb classifies Ait Oussa as an Arab tribe.[3]

Al-Mukhtar Al-Sussi said regarding its origins: "The Arab Hilali tribe living there, now known as Ait Oussa, is a great tribe with famous chiefs.”[4] They are a branch of the Tekna tribes[5]

The tribe numbers about 50,000 persons. The Aït Oussa tribes speak[6] Hassaniya Arabic, and are Muslims, mainly belonging to the Maliki school of Sunni Islam.

Some attribute this tribe to the Ansar, known as Banu Aws.[7] Hassan ibn Abdullah Afshil said:

"Ait Oussa is a tribe of the Ansar, originally descended from migrants from the Arabian Peninsula, specifically from Medina. Their ancestors include three main lineages: Musa al-Ansari, Yaqub al-Ansari, and Al-Asoudi. They arrived in the region in the 12th and 13th centuries." [8] [9] [10]

In the absence of written local documents, oral tradition remains the only source for the (confirmation) origins (of Banu Aws) of the Ait Oussa tribe.[11] [12]

References

  1. ^ "Tribus du Maroc" (in French).
  2. ^ "Research on Ait Oussa" (in Arabic).
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Arab Tribes book" (in Arabic).
  4. ^ "Al-Mukhtar Al-Sussi" (in Arabic).
  5. ^ "Columbia University Libraries: Les tribus de la Haute Mauritanie".
  6. ^ "Columbia University Libraries: Les tribus de la Haute Mauritanie".
  7. ^ "Research on Ait Oussa" (in Arabic).
  8. ^ "Research of Ait Oussa" (in Arabic).
  9. ^ "Origins of Ait Oussa" (in Arabic).
  10. ^ "Research of Ait Oussa" (in Arabic).
  11. ^ "Research on Ait Oussa" (in Arabic).
  12. ^ "Research on Ait Oussa" (in Arabic).