Sultanate of Tuggurt
Sultanate of Tuggurt سلطنة تقرت ( Berber | |||||||
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Religion | Islam | ||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||
Sultan | |||||||
• N/A | N/A | ||||||
• 1852–1854 | Sulayman IV | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Sultanate of Tuggurt founded | 1414 | ||||||
• Became Vassal of Regency of Algiers | 1552 | ||||||
• Independence from Regency of Algiers | 1812-1827 | ||||||
• Abolished by French colonial authority | 1854 | ||||||
• Rebellion against French colonial authority | 1871 | ||||||
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Today part of | Algeria |
History of Algeria |
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The Sultanate of Tuggurt was a state that extended over
Background
The city of Tuggurt was subject to the authority of the Hafsid dynasty like all other cities in the east of present-day Algeria. During the periods of turmoil, Tuggurt would revolt and refrain from paying taxes. Like what Yusuf ibn Hasan, a chief of Tuggurt did in the era of the Hafsid Sultan Abu 'Amr Uthman, who was obliged to Subjugate the city two times, one in 1449 and another in 1465. The Sultanate of Tuggurt came to birth in a period that witnessed the weakness and fall of the Hafsid dynasty.[3]
History
The Sultanate was founded in the fifteenth century by the Banu Djellab, a dynasty whose exact origins remain obscure. They claimed to be the last descendants of the
He felt secure enough to retain local political structures, including the djemaa (council) to which he could appoint members. He equipped at his own expense a deira of five hundred horsemen who became the nucleus of his army. He then patrolled the neighborhood chastising rebels, restoring peace and levying tax.[6] Sheikh Soliman came to terms with the Douaouda feudal family, who commanded the “Riah”—nomadic tribes controlling the plain from the Zibans to Ouargla, by marrying his daughter to the head of this family, Ben Sakheri, who bore the title of sheikh el Arab.[7]
As early as the sixteenth century, the Sultanate of Tuggurt had to face the hegemony of the
List of rulers
The known
- Ali II (N/A)
- Mabruk (Mubarak) (N/A)
- Ali III (N/A)
- Mustafa (N/A)
- Sulayman III (N/A)
- Ahmad II (1729-N/A)
- Muhammad I al-`Akhal (N/A)
- Ahmad IV (N/A)
- Farhat (N/A)
- Ibrahim (N/A)
- Abd al-Qadir I (1st time) + Ahmad V (N/A)
- Khalid (N/A)
- Abd al-Qadir I (2nd time) (N/A)
- Umar bin Bu-Kumetin (175.-1759)
- Muhammad II (1759–1765)
- Umar II bin Muhammad (1765–1766)
- Ahmad VI (1766–1778)
- Abd al-Qadir II (1778–1782)
- Farhat II (1782–1792)
- Ibrahim II (1792–1804)
- al-Khazan (1804)
- Muhammad III (1804–1822)
- `Amar (`Amir) II (1822–1830)
- Ibrahim III (1830–1831)
- `Ali IV bin al-Kabir (1831–1833)
- `Aisha (Aichouch) (female) (1833–1840)
- `Abd ar-Rahman (1840–1852)
- `Abd al-Qadir III (1852)
- Sulayman IV (1852–1854) (last)
References
- ^ Pierre Mannoni, Les Français d'Algérie : vie, mœurs, mentalité de la conquête des Territoires du Sud à l'indépendance, p. 85
- ^ Charles Féraud, Histoire des sultans de Touggourt et du Sud Algérien, 2006, p. 162
- ISSN 2602-5736.
- ISBN 978-0-520-21216-9.
- ISBN 9004112111.
- ^ Féraud, op. cit, p. 175-177
- ^ Féraud, op. cit, p. 175
- ^ worldstatesmen, Tuggurt (Touggourt), Sultans
See also
- List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
- History of Algeria