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66: 476: 258: 490: 1171: 1251: 462: 50: 418:. The date when salt was first extracted from the sebkha is unknown. It is usually assumed that exploitation of the Idjil mines began after the mid 11th century as al-Bakri did not mention them. Instead he described a salt mine at a place that he called 'Tatantal'. Historians have usually assumed this corresponds to Tegahza but his description could possibly also apply to the mines at Idjil. 73: 449:
The mosque measured 24 m north–south at its eastern end and 17 m north–south at its western end where the minaret would have stood. From east to west it would have measured 15 m. The terrace was supported by five rows of horseshoe arches. At the eastern end are the remains of an
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Tegherbeyat, the upper ruined section of the town, is almost certainly the oldest. It would have originally contained a mosque but nothing has survived. The ruins of the lower section of the town include a mosque that was probably built in the 15th century when the town expanded. Some of the
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In the 16th century the Moroccans made various attempts to take control of the trans-Saharan trade in salt and especially that in gold from the Sudan. They organised military expeditions to occupy Ouadane in 1543-44 and again in 1584. Then in 1585 they occupied
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According to Pereira, in 1487 the Portuguese built an entrepĂŽt in Ouadane in an attempt to gain access to the trans-Saharan gold, salt and slave trade. The entrepĂŽt was probably short lived and is not mentioned in the detailed description provided by Fernandes.
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later argued in favour of a more direct route that crossed the Adrar escarpment to the east of the town. The volume of caravan traffic would have declined from the beginning of the 13th century when the oasis town of
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are still standing and some walls still have the remains of clay plaster, suggesting that the mosque was abandoned sometime in the 19th century.
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Daveau, Suzanne (1970), "Itinéraire de Tamadalt à Awdaghast selon al-Bakri", in Robert, Denise; Robert, Serge; Devisse, Jean (eds.),
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Robert, Denise; Robert, Serge (1972), "Douze années de recherches archéologique en république islamique de Mauritanie",
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Tableau gĂ©ographique de l'ouest africain au moyen age, d’aprĂšs les sources Ă©crites, la tradition et l'archĂ©ologie
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on the southern edge of the Sahara. This route was used for the transport of gold during the time of the
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McDougall, E. Ann (1990), "Salts of the Western Sahara: myths, mysteries, and historical significance",
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wrote a detailed account of the trade in slabs of salt from the Idjil mines and role of Ouadane as an
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external mirhab and a courtyard measuring 13 by 12 meters that would have been used in hot weather.
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Trade routes of the Western Sahara desert c. 1000–1500. Goldfields are indicated by brown shading.
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Mauny, Raymond (1955), "Notes d'histoire et d'archéologie sur Azougui, Chinguetti et Ouadane",
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The early history of Ouadane is uncertain but it is possible that the town prospered from the
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Bulletin du Comité de'études historiques et scientifiques de l'Afrique occidentale française
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Description de la cÎte d'Afrique, de Ceuta au Sénégal: par Valentim Fernandes (1506-1507)
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Relation des voyages Ă  la cĂŽte occidentale d'Afrique d'Alvise de Ca' da Mosto, 1445-1457
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Mauny, Raymond (1949), "L'expédition marocaine d'Ouadane (Mauritanie) vers 1543-1544",
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has a black and white photograph of the ruined mosque showing a round arch on page 223.
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The sebkha of Idjil extends 80 km north to south and 10 km east to west,
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in middle of the 15th century in a muddled account that confused the salt mines of
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lies roughly 240 km northwest of Ouadane, to the west of the town of
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Reconstructed house of el-Hadj Ethmane, one of the founders of Ouadane
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Statistiques DĂ©mographiques : RĂ©sultats du RGPH 2000 des Wilayas
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gold trade. In the middle of the 11th century, the Arabic geographer
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region and the only one with a surrounding wall. Fifty years later
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New town of Ouadane: Building constructed in traditional style
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Tymowski, Michal (1981), "La saline d'Idjil en Mauritanie",
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Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
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Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
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OUADANE: The old caravan centre World Heritage Listing
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Bulletin de l'Institut Français de l'Afrique Noire (B)
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Levtzion, Nehemia; Hopkins, John F.P., eds. (2000) ,
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described Ouadane as the most important town of the
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transporting slabs of salt from the mines at Idjil.
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International Journal of African Historical Studies
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Index

Arabic
Commune
Old tower, Ouadane
Ouadane is located in Mauritania
20°55â€ČN 11°37â€ČW / 20.917°N 11.617°W / 20.917; -11.617
Country
Mauritania
Region
Adrar Region
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
session
750
Arab States

Arabic
Mauritania
Adrar Plateau
Chinguetti
trans-Saharan trade
caravans
World Heritage Site
Richat Structure
trans-Saharan
al-Bakri
Tamdoult
Akka
Morocco
Aoudaghost
Ghana Empire

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