Abda tribe

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

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, 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 people of the Abda tribe married local Berber women, and adopted their traditions.

The Abda tribe consists of 3 fractions:
1. Bhatra
2. Rabiaa
3. Ouled Aamer.