Kel Ahaggar ( Berber: ⴾⵍ ⵂⴴⵔ) (trans: "People of Ahaggar") is a

Tuareg The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Alg ...

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inhabiting the

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(Ahaggar mountains) in

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. The confederation is believed to have been founded by the Tuareg

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Tin Hinan Tin Hinan was a 4th-century Tuareg queen. What may be her monumental tomb is located in the Sahara, at Abalessa in the Hoggar region of Algeria. Queen of the Hoggar Legends Tin Hinan is sometimes referred to as "Queen of the Hoggar", and by th ...

, whose monumental

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is located at Abalessa. The official establishment is dated to around 1750. It has been largely defunct since 1977, when it was terminated by the

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. The language of the confederation is '' Tahaggart'', a dialect of Tamahaq.

Tribes

The Kel Ahaggar confederation is made up of a number of tribes, including: *Aït Loaien *Dag Rali (also spelled Dag Ghâli) *Iregenaten *Kel Rela, the ruling tribe. *Kel Silet *Taituq *Tégéhé Millet

Popular culture

*A novel about the 1881 attempt by the French government to drive a railroad through the heart of the Sahara, including the Ahaggar region. The expedition, led by Lt. Colonel Paul Flatters, was attacked by the

of the Kel Ahaggar. *The 1957 film '' Legend of the Lost'', starring John Wayne,

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and Sophie Loren, has the trio on a treasure hunt in the Sahara. They come across a nomadic group which Wayne’s character, Joe January, states are “Hoggars”, and to be much feared.Source: the film itself, at around 48 minutes. See also:

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191707/http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/sites/pa/1460v.htm
Kel Ahaggar
(in German) * https://web.archive.org/web/20050922005745/http://www.petrabode.privat.t-online.de/detail.htm (in German) 1977 disestablishments in Algeria States and territories established in 1750 States and territories disestablished in 1977 African nomads Berber history Maghreb Sahara Society of Algeria Tuareg confederations {{Africa-hist-stub