Mauritanian Traditional Polities
Note: This record concerns the four
principal tribal confederations.
Adrar
c.1740
Adrar confederation (Kel Adrar)
founded.
1886 -
1909
Spanish
protectorate.
9 Jan
1909
French
protectorate.
Emirs
18.. - 1828
`Uthman
wuld Fadil
1828 - 1861
Sidi
Ahmad wuld `Uthman "wuld `Ayda"
1861 - 18..
Muhammad wuld `Uthman
18.. -
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 de-recognized 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
(d. 1893)
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 (also called Taganit
emirate) 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
Shayn
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 - 1909
`Uthman ibn
Bakkar
1909 - Aug
1918
Vacant
Aug 1918 -
1983?
`Abd ar-Rahman ibn Bakkar
1983 - 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
c.1860
Rasul
Trarza
c.1640
Trarza
confederation (also called Trarza emirate) founded.
15 Dec
1902
French
protectorate.
Emirs
c.1660 - 1703
Addi I
1703 -
1727
Ali
Sandura
(b. 1663 - d. 1727)
1727 - 1757
`Umar
(d. 1757)
1757 - 1759
Mukhtar wuld
`Umar
1759 - 1786
Muhammad
Babana
1786 - 1795
Addi
II
1795 -
1800
`Umar
wuld Mukhtar "wuld Kumba" (d. 1800)
1800 - 1829
`Umar
wuld Mukhtar
(b. 1785 - d. 1829)
[distinct from preceding]
1829 -
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 - 30 Oct
1944
Ahmad wuld
Deid
(b. 1881 - d. 1944)
1944 -
1958
Vacant?
1958 - 8 May 1965
Muhammad Fadil wuld
`Umayr
(b. 1920 - d. 1965)
1965 -
1991
Habib wuld Ahmad Salum
(d. 1991)
1991
-
Ahmad Salum wuld Habib
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