[3][2] His father, Mohamed ben Brahim, was a fqih who briefly migrated to Tindouf and ran a corner store before returning to his village and marrying his wife, Khadija bent Said.

[3][1] Ahmed attended a madrassa in his youth and received rudimentary education in the Quran and the Arabic language.

[3][1] At age 12, he left for Rabat to join his father, with legend stating that he walked the entire 675 kilometers alongside other youths from the village.

[4] On 14 March 1964, after four months of trial, he was sentenced to death in absentia[6] with Mehdi Ben Barka and other defendants, for conspiracy and attempted assassination against King Hassan II.

According to Moumen Diouri, also sentenced to death during the trial, this "plot" was invented from scratch by Hassan II's entourage in order to get rid of their most active opponents.