Origins
The Oulad Tidrarin is one of the oldest Arab tribes that settled the Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro areas of Northwest Africa, their original home. Many live in the Cape Bojador area of Morocco, some on the coast of Saguia el-Hamra, and some branches live in the south and east of Mauritania. There are some members of the Uladsliman and Lidadsa in subgroups in Mali.
The name Tidrarin is Berber, and means 'small mouintains'. It is the diminutive form of 'idrarin' ie. 'mountains'.
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