The Bni Hssen, the current inhabitants of the Gharb region of Sidi Kacem, Sidi Slimane, Kenitra .... Transhumance in the fourteenth century by historians of southern Morocco is in the high plateaus Moulouya eastern region of Midelt.
historian Georges Marc said of them: "they were nomadic big powerful figure ..."
Over the centuries, Bni Hssen had abandoned the Eastern High Moulouya to stabilize in the seventeenth century in the Gharb. These Arab maâqil possess, even today, a north Ksar Midelt is: this is Ouizert Ouled Abbou (French Archives).
Another trace of their passage through the region Midelt is materialized by the existence n'issendal n'bni Hssen (the cemetery Bni Hssen) located at Tachaouit near the stream that crosses the Ksar. (See the work of Ms. Amina Aouchar: Berber colonization campaign in Morocco, p. 22, ed East Africa). The
Bni Hssen had left the area, according to several historians, after years of repeated drought.
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