 The area was nearly depopulated by repeated slaving raids by Moors from the north.At times, the Petit Brak was tributary to Waalo, at other times allied with Bethio.In the 1720s, the Brak of Waalo was Erim M'Bagnick and Béquio Malicouri, king of the "Royaume d'Oral" (Bethio), was his vassal.