Kel Ahaggar
Tuareg confederation in Algeria
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Kel Ahaggar was a Tuareg confederation inhabiting the Hoggar Mountains in Algeria. The language of the confederation is Tamahaq.
StatusTuareg confederation
CapitalHoggar Mountains, Algeria
CommonlanguagesTamahaq language
Religion Islam
Kel Ahaggar | |||||||||||
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| 200s–1977[citation needed] | |||||||||||
Kel Ahaggar Tuareg confederation Map | |||||||||||
| Status | Tuareg confederation | ||||||||||
| Capital | Hoggar Mountains, Algeria | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Tamahaq language | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Tribal Confederacy | ||||||||||
| Amenokal | |||||||||||
• N/A | Tin Hinan | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Kel Ahaggar established | 200s | ||||||||||
• Under French suzerainty | 1903 | ||||||||||
• Not recognized by independent Algeria | 1962 | ||||||||||
• Terminated by Algerian Government | 1977[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | DZ | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Algeria | ||||||||||
History
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 Tuareg of the Kel Ahaggar.[2]
- The 1957 film Legend of the Lost, starring John Wayne, Rossano Brazzi and Sophia 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.[3]
See also
- Tuareg people
- Kel Adagh
- Kel Ajjer
- Kel Ayr
- Kel Gres
- Iwellemmedan people: Kel Ataram (west) and Kel Dinnik (east)
