Dwair

Dwair. 1. A large Berber tribe, settled on the shores of the great Salt Lake, province of Oran, Algeria. They have always been friendly allies of the French, and their chief was the famous Mustapha ben-Ismael, who fell in his eightieth year while serving under the French against Abdel-Kader. 2. A Berber tribe in the uplands northeast of Boghar, province of Algiers.