Kel Ahaggar

{{Short description|Tuareg confederation in Algeria}} {{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Kel Ahaggar | common_name = Algeria | native_name = | status = Tuareg confederation | image_flag = | image_flag2 = | image_coat = | coat_alt = | symbol_type = | image_map = Kel Ahaggar Map.png | image_map_caption = Kel Ahaggar Tuareg confederation Map | life_span = | event_start = Kel Ahaggar established | year_start = 200s | 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{{cn|date=November 2024}} | p1 = Berbers | s1 = French Algeria | flag_s1 = Flag of France.svg | flag_s2 = Flag of Algeria.svg | s2 = Algeria | capital = Hoggar Mountains, Algeria | common_languages = Tamahaq language | religion = Islam | government_type = Tribal Confederacy | title_leader = Amenokal | leader1 = Tin Hinan | year_leader1 = N/A | currency = | today = Algeria }} {{History of Algeria}}

'''Kel Ahaggar''' was a Tuareg confederation inhabiting the Hoggar Mountains in Algeria. The language of the confederation was Tamahaq.

==History== The Kel Ahaggar were originally known as the '''Hawwara''', and inhabited the Aurès Mountains. They were followers of Nukkari Ibadism, and participated in the revolt of Abu Yazid against the Fatimids. They were defeated in 947, and a portion of the tribe fled to the desert.<ref>The Ibádites in Arabia and Africa: Part II. The Ibádites in North Africa and the Sudan to the Fourteenth Century, Journal of World History. Neuchâtel, etc. Vol. 13, Iss. 1, (Jan 1, 1971): 83. Lewicki, Tadeusz, https://www.proquest.com/docview/1298903297/fulltextPDF/B127054A7BA2430FPQ/1?accountid=13050&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ball |first=David W. |title=Empires of sand |date=1999 |publisher=Bantam Books |isbn=0-553-11014-4 |location=New York |oclc=41017491 }}</ref> *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.<ref>Source: the film itself, at around 48 minutes. See also: {{IMDb title|qid=Q946613|title=Legend of the Lost}}</ref>

== See also == *Tuareg people **Kel Adagh **Kel Ajjer **Kel Ayr **Kel Gres **Iwellemmedan people: Kel Ataram (west) and Kel Dinnik (east)

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== External links == * https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191707/http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/sites/pa/1460v.htm * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050907005529/http://www.petrabode.privat.t-online.de/his1.htm Kel Ahaggar] (in German) * https://web.archive.org/web/20050922005745/http://www.petrabode.privat.t-online.de/detail.htm (in German)

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