Conventional Long Name: | Kel Ahaggar |
Common Name: | Algeria |
Native Name: | Ihaggarren |
Status: | Tuareg confederation |
Image Map Caption: | Kel Ahaggar Tuareg confederation Map |
Event Start: | Kel Ahaggar established |
Year Start: | 1750 |
Event1: | Under French suzerainty |
Date Event1: | 1903 |
Event2: | not recognized by independent Algeria |
Date Event2: | 1962 |
Event End: | terminated by Algerian Government |
Year End: | 1977 |
S1: | French Third Republic |
S2: | Algeria |
Capital: | Hoggar Mountains, Algeria |
Common Languages: | Berber |
Religion: | Islam |
Government Type: | Tribal Confederacy |
Title Leader: | Amenokal |
Leader1: | Tin Hinan |
Today: | Algeria |
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.
The Kel Ahaggar confederation is made up of a number of tribes, including:
Kel Ataram (west) and Kel Dinnik (east)