the ancestor of the Bencherif Family, Sidi Driss, settled in Fez around 1840. He is the descendant of Moulay Cherif Ouedghiri, a figuic branch of the Idrissides, founders of the Muslim Empire of Morocco and belonging to the posterity of the Prophet. Sidi Driss, master in mosaics, is the first of a long line of distinguished craftsmen who still proudly endure today. Sidi Driss has three sons: one is a potter and the other two mosaicists, like him. The latter, Abdelkader and Mohammed Bencherif are among the most gifted artisans of their time. They even took part in the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867.