Mauritanian Traditional Polities
Note: This record concerns the four principal
tribal confederations.
Adrar
1886 - 1909
Spanish protectorate.
9 Jan 1909
French protectorate.
1740
Adrar confederation founded.
Emirs
.... - ....
`Uthman wuld Fadil
.... - ....
Sidi Ahmad wuld `Uthman "wuld `Ayda"
.... - ....
Muhammad wuld `Uthman
.... - 1871
Ahmad wuld Sidi Ahmad
1871 - 1891
Sidi Ahmad wuld Muhammad "wuld `Ayda"
1891 - 1899
Mukhtar Ahmad wuld Sidi Ahmad
1899 - 1909
Shaykh al-Hasana
1909 - 1913
Sidi Ahmad wuld Ahmad `Ayda (1st time)
1913 - 19..
Vacant
19.. - Mar 1932
Sidi Ahmad wuld Ahmad `Ayda (2nd time)
Brakna
bf.1600
Brakna confederation founded by Awlad `Abd Allah
lineage of Awlad Hassan dynasty.
c.1790
Awlad Siyad lineage replaces Awlad `Abd Allah.
18 Oct 1904
Emir's authority derecognized by French authorities.
6 May 1912
Emir's authority nominally restored.
Emirs
c.1650
Nurmash
.... - 1728
Muhammad al-Hiba
1728 - 1762
Ahmad al-Hiba
1762 - 17..
Ahmayda
1766 - 1800
Muhammad wuld Mukhtar
(d. 1800)
1800 - Jan 1818
Sidi `Ali wuld Mukhtar
(d. 1818)
Jan 1818 - 1841
Ahmad wuld Sidi `Ali I
(d. 1841)
1841 - 1843
Sidi Mukhtar wuld Sidi Muhammad (d. 1893)
- later jointly with -
1842 - 1851
Muhammad al-Rajal wuld Mukhtar
1851 - Dec 1858
Sidi Muhammad wuld Muhammad (d.
1858)
Dec 1858 - 1893
Sidi `Ali wuld Ahmad
1893 - Dec 1903
Ahmad wuld Sidi `Ali II
Dec 1903 - 18 Oct 1904 Muhammad wuld Muhammad
Dec 1903 - 28 Oct 1910 Shaykh Mahl Aynin (in rebellion) (b. 1840 - d. 1910)
6 May 1912 - 1919
Ahmad al-Hayba wuld Muhammad (b. c.1870
- d. 1919)
(in rebellion from 28 Oct 1910)
1919
Talib Hiyar
1919 - 7 Apr 1934
Muhammad al-Mustafa Murabbih
Rabbuh wuld Muhammad
Taganit
c.1580
Taganit confederation founded by Idaw `Ish dynasty.
1905
French protectorate.
1820
Dynasty split into Abakak and Shratit lineages.
Emirs
c.1595 - c.1730
.... [unknown]
c.1730 - 1785
Muhammad Shayin
1785 - 1820
Muhammad al-Bakr ibn Muhammad Shayn
- (1) Abakak lineage -
1820 - 1831
Suwaydi Ahmad
1831 - 1836
Muhammad Shayn
1836 - 1 Apr 1905
Bakkar ibn Suwaydi Ahmad
(d. 1905)
1 Apr 1905 - 1905
`Uthman ibn Bakkar
1905 - Aug 1918 Vacant
Aug 1918 - 1948?
`Abd ar-Rahman ibn Bakkar
.... - Feb 2003
`Uthman ibn `Abd ar-Rahman
(d. 2003)
(Ethmane Ould Abderrahmane)
Feb 2003 -
Muhammad ibn `Abd ar-Rahman (b.
1926)
(Mohamed Ould Abderrahmane)
- (2) Shratit lineage -
1820 - 18..
Mukhtar ibn Muhammad al-Bakr
18.. - 18..
Ahmad Daya
1860?
Rasul
Trarza
c.1640
Trarza confederation founded.
15 Dec 1902
French protectorate.
Emirs
c.1660 - 1703
Addi I
1703 - 1727
Ali Sandura
1727 - c.1758
`Umar
c. 1758 - 17..
Mukhtar wuld `Umar
17.. - 17..
Muhammad Babana
17.. - 17..
Addi II
1795 - 1800
`Umar wuld Mukhtar "wuld Kumba"
1800 - 1827
`Umar wuld Mukhtar
[distinct from preceding]
1827 - 1860
Muhammad wuld `Umar al-Habib (d. 1860)
1860 - Jul 1871
Sidi Mubayrika wuld Muhammad (d. 1871)
Jul 1871 - 1873
Ahmad Salum wuld `Umar
(d. 1873)
1873 - Oct 1886
`Ali Dyombot wuld Muhammad
(d. 1886)
Oct 1886 - Dec 1886 Muhammad
Fadil wuld `Ali
(d. 1886)
Dec 1886 - 1891
`Umar Salum wuld `Umar
(d. 1893)
1891 - 18 Apr 1905
Ahmad Salum wuld `Ali
(d. 1905)
bf.1903
Muhammad Salum wuld Ibrahim
(in rebellion)
1903 - 1917
Shaykh Sa`d wuld Muhammad Fadil (d. 1917)
1917 - 1932
Shaykh Khalifa wuld Sa`d
(d. 1932)
1932 - 1958
Vacant?
1958 -
Muhammad Fadil wuld `Umayr
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