The immediate ancestors of this Sheikh were destroyed by old Yousef Bashaw, amongst whom Saif nasser, grandfather of the Sheikh, and the head of the Oulad Suleiman, was a celebrated warrior.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
When all his ancestors, and especially his grandfather, Saif-nasser, were butchered by the exterminating policy of Yousef Bashaw, Abd-El-Geleel, then a boy, was saved,-as an instrument of future vengeance in the hands of Providence-by the secret interference of the women of the Bashaw's family.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
This was the Bab-el-nasser, or the gate of victory.
"The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"
Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton
