Tamdult (also Tamedoult, Tamdlt; ar, تامدولت; ) was a medieval city located near the
Draa river south-east of
Akka,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
. It was an important and flourishing stop in the
Trans-Saharan trade
Trans-Saharan trade requires travel across the Sahara between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa. While existing from prehistoric times, the peak of trade extended from the 8th century until the early 17th century.
The Sahara once had a very d ...
route, linking
Nul (Asrir) and
Ouadane to
Sijilmasa,
Massa
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Places
*Massa, Tuscany, the administrative seat of the Italian province of Massa-Carrara.
*Massa (river), river in Switzerland
* Massa (Tanzanian ward), administrative ward in the Mpwapwa district of the Dodoma Region of Ta ...
and
N'fis. The city was founded in the second century BC by the
Berbers Shilha. In the ninth century one the sons of
Idriss II, founder of the
Idrisid dynasty
The Idrisid dynasty or Idrisids ( ar, الأدارسة ') were an Arab Muslim dynasty from 788 to 974, ruling most of present-day Morocco and parts of present-day western Algeria. Named after the founder, Idris I, the Idrisids were an Alid an ...
, who had been given a principality in the
Sous to reign over the Lamta tribe.
The city and its fortress were allegedly destroyed in the 14th century by a king of the
Marinid dynasty. Today, the shrine of ''Sidi Mohamed ben Abdallah Ichanaoui'' is the only surviving structure in the ruins site.
See also
*
Akka
*
Sijilmasa
*
Sous
References
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Medieval Morocco
Oases of Morocco
Former populated places in Morocco
History of the Sahara
9th-century establishments in Morocco
14th-century disestablishments in Africa