Beni ʿAmir

Beni ʿAmir (Arabic: بني عمير) is a Moroccan tribe of Hilali-Arab descent, who settled in Morocco in the 9th century. The tribe is part of the Tadla confederacy, today there are 8 million people descended from Beni Amir.

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