Touggourt travel guide

Touggourt (تقرت; Berber:, lit. the gateway or the gate) is a city in Ouargla Province, Algeria, built around an oasis in the Sahara. It is notable for its date trees. It was formerly surrounded by a moat, which the French filled up. The surrounding oasis is very fertile. From Touggourt a road 7 miles long leads across the desert north-east to El Wad. 12 miles to the southwest is the oasis and town of Temacine.
In 1414 the Sultanate of Tuggurt was founded in southern Algeria. The known Sultans (and one Sultana) were:
Ali II
Mabruk (Mubarak)
Ali III
Mustafa
Sulayman III
1729 Ahmad II
Muhammad I al-`Akhal
Ahmad IV
Farhat
Ibrahim
Abd al-Qadir I (1st time) + Ahmad V
Khalid
Abd al-Qadir I (2nd time)
Umar bin Bu-Kumetin
1756 Muhammad II
Umar II bin Muhammad
Ahmad VI
Abd al-Qadir II
Farhat II
1792 Ibrahim II
1804 al-Khazan
1804 Muhammad III
1822 `Amar (`Amir) II
1830 Ibrahim III
1831 `Ali IV bin al-Kabir
1833 `Aisha (Aichouch)(female)
1840 `Abd ar-Rahman
1852 `Abd al-Qadir III
1852 - 1854 Sulayman IV
In 1854 the sultanate was abolished by the French colonial authorities. (...) more....