-
Ghana and
Kugha "stand in
pressing need of [the
goodwill of] the king of
Awdaghust because of the salt
which comes to them from the
lands of Islam." At some...
- captured) the
citadel of
Awdaghust, a
critical stop on the trans-Saharan
trade route.
After the
collapse of the
Sanhaja union,
Awdaghust p****ed over to the...
-
other early urban centers in West Africa,
dated to
around 500 CE,
include Awdaghust,
Kumbi Saleh, the
ancient capital of Ghana, and Maranda, a
center located...
- this
alliance came in 1054 with a
combined attack on the
berber city of
Awdaghust, for
recognizing the
authority of the
ruler of Ghana.
Having fought alongside...
- the
earliest recognised structures among its counterparts, such as the
Awdaghust,
found in the
Adrar and Hodh regions.
Despite the
limited historical do****entation...
-
light skinned girls for
concubinage were sold on the
slave market in
Awdaghust. The
Almoravid royalty and
aristocracy used
slaves as
agrigultural laborers...
- stop in the Trans-Saharan
trade route,
linking Nul (Asrir), Ouadane, and
Awdaghust to Sijilmasa, M****a and N'fis. The city was
founded in the
second century...
- motifs. A
similar stone mosque from the same
period has been
found at
Awdaghust. Both
mosques are
dated generally between the 9th and 14th centuries....
- ibn Usfayshar, the
Sanhaja Lamtuna erected (or captured) the
citadel of
Awdaghust, a
critical stop on the trans-Saharan
trade route.
After the collapse...
- is
evidenced by Ibn Hawqal's
story about a bill
issued to a
trader in
Awdaghust for forty-two
thousand dinars from
another merchant based out of Sijilmasa...
