Mohammed,
Mukhtár,
Bú-Séf,
ʿAlí,
Sídi el Amín,
Hennún,
who have given their names to various sections of the great tribe of the
Zenágha. In consequence of their intestine feuds, however, this tribe
has sunk from the first rank which they occupied amongst all the Arab
tribes; for, though decidedly of Berber origin, they are yet considered
as Arabs, owing to the tongue which they now speak.
The Kunta, part of this widely scattered tribe, distinguished by their
learning and their sanctity, and divided, as far as they live in
Tagánet, into the following sections:—
Welád Bú-Séf, the most warlike tribe of the Kunta.
Welád Sídi Bú-Bakr.