- Source: Kel Ahaggar
Kel Ahaggar was a Tuareg confederation inhabiting the Hoggar Mountains in Algeria. The confederation is believed to have been founded by the Tuareg matriarch Tin Hinan, whose monumental tomb 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 Algerian government.
The language of the confederation is Tamahaq.
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.
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.
See also
Rulers of Kel Ahaggar
Tuareg people
Kel Adagh
Kel Ajjer
Kel Ayr
Kel Gres
Iwellemmedan people: Kel Ataram (west) and Kel Dinnik (east)
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)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bendera Aljazair
- Aljazair Prancis
- Penaklukan Aljazair oleh Prancis
- Kel Ahaggar
- Moussa Ag Amastan
- Hoggar Mountains
- Amenukal
- French conquest of Algeria
- Kel Adagh
- Tuareg people
- Tuareg languages
- Kel Ajjer
- Kel Ayr
