Zayed Ouhmad: The last torch of the resistance in Morocco
resistant Zayed Ouhmad
After the end of the Battle of Boukafar in 1933 between the tribes of Ait Atta and the French colonizer, the colonizer thought that he had ended the resistance in Morocco by seizing Mount Badou in the southeast, but the resistance would continue for another three years until 1936, under the leadership of the symbol of freedom and dignity, the hero Zayed Ouhmad, who confused the accounts of the colonizer and his aides. What is Zayed Ouhmad and what is his story?
His birth and upbringing:
Zayed Ouhmad was born in the early nineties of the nineteenth century in the palace of Ekdman, the leadership of Ait Hani, which is administratively affiliated to Qallim Tinghir, among the Ait Mergad tribes affiliated with the Ait Yafelman confederation.
He grew up in his childhood, like other children. He worked in collecting firewood and grazing, and got to know the neighboring areas, where he accompanied his mother to the markets of Tinghir, Gheris, and Mesmerir.
Zayed Ouhmad was attending the councils of adults, and among them he learned about the colonial ambitions facing Morocco. He was also affected by the miserable conditions in the country after the death of Sultan Hassan I and the country's entry into the Siba stage, the spread of bandits and the lack of security. Zayed Ouhmad were also affected by the excesses of Al-Kalawi and his associates in the Todgha region, who were forcing people to do forced labor during the construction of the Kasbah of the Caliph Al-Kalawi, which prompted the people of Todgha to ask for help from their brothers Ait Atta in the south and Ait Mergad in the north. Al-Kalawi's agents then joined the ranks of the resistance that the Mujahid Assou Obaslam had started against the French colonialists.
Resistance start:
After the end of the resistance in Mount Sagro, Zayed Ouhmad returned to his area and found the colonizer forcing people to work on the roads and hard work for free. The neighboring country, carrying his rifle on his shoulder, then sparked a spark of resistance between Zayed Ouhmad and the French army. Zayed Ouhmad made Moha Ohmou his companion in his path and struggle, so he began sniping the French soldiers and the agents of the store, using his previous experience in the war and his knowledge of the terrain of the region, as well as the protection and sympathy of the neighboring tribes, which provided him with the movements of the French army, in addition to food and shelter.
Resistance to French Colonialism(French Document)
And when the killing of French soldiers and lieutenants increased, it was natural for the French forces to chase after him, along with notables, sheikhs of the region, and spies. That the leader was martyred with the weapon in his hand on March 5, 1936. It was a sad day for the entire region, so the occupation authorities took revenge on all the districts and families that sympathized with the movement of Zayed Ouhmad, so they issued prison sentences and others confiscated agricultural lands and planted crops for a period of 17 years, and everyone related to the resistance was executed.
With the martyrdom of the hero Zayed Ouhmad in 1936, Morocco has extinguished the last flame of resistance against the French invaders.
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