Sidi M'hamed was born in the village of Ait Smail, near Boghni in Kabylie.
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The Brotherhood Rahmaniya is a Sufi Muslim Brotherhood, founded in 1774 by Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine in Algeria.
The municipality is named after the founder of the Rahmaniyya Sufi order Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine.