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The Al Mahaja is a cherifian tribe that descends form Idriss Ist, founder of the Idrisside dynasty (788-985) that would rule Norther Morocco and Western Algeria. The first Mahaja to settle in Western Algeria arrived from Fes in the 14th century and were Sidi Mimoun Al Mahaji and his brother Sidi Ayoub.

The Mahaja tribe is divided into 10 clans: - Ouled Sidi Al Hachemi - Ouled SIdi Sahnoune - Ouled Sidi Bouras - Ouled Sidi Abderrazak - Ouled Sidi Bouguelmouna - Ouled Sidi Ouis - Ouled Sidi Al Arbi - Ouled Sidi Meflah - Ouled Sidi Said - Ouled Sidi Al Freih

They lived in the villages of El Gaada and M'cid situated in Western Algeria near Oran and Sidi Bel Abbess.