Kel Ahaggar

Kel Ahaggar
Ihaggarren
ⴾⵍ ⵂⴴⵔ (Berber languages)
1750–1977
Kel Ahaggar Tuareg confederation Map
Kel Ahaggar Tuareg confederation Map
StatusTuareg confederation
CapitalHoggar Mountains, Algeria
Common languagesBerber
Religion
Islam
GovernmentTribal Confederacy
Amenokal 
History 
• Kel Ahaggar established
1750
• Under French suzerainty
1903
• not recognized by independent Algeria
1962
• terminated by Algerian Government
1977
ISO 3166 codeDZ
Succeeded by
French Third Republic
Algeria
Today part ofAlgeria

Kel Ahaggar (Berber: ⴾⵍ ⵂⴴⵔ) (trans: "People of Ahaggar") is a Tuareg confederation inhabiting the Hoggar Mountains (Ahaggar 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 Tahaggart, a dialect of Tamahaq.


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