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	Tafilalt - Encyclopedia.com
		Tafilalt, Tafilelt, or Tafilet, oasis in the Sahara, SE Morocco, c.530 sq mi (1,370 sq km).
		The Ma'der Basin merged with the Tafilalt Basin to the east, with the Tafilalt Platform encompassing the northern, northeastern, and...
		Erfoud is a small, dusty town in the Tafilalt oasis, the world's biggest palm grove, bordering the Sahara in southern Morocco.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Tafilalt.html (764 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tafilalt
		Tafilalt or Tafilet (تفيلالة) is a region and the most important oasis of the Moroccan Sahara; it is also considered one of the largest oasis in the world, the oasis is entirely located along the Ziz River.
		It is celebrated for its large and luscious dates, to the successful cultivation of which, soon after the arrival of an ancestor (Al Hassan Addakhil) of the reigning dynasty of Morocco (the Alaouite Dynasty) around 1250, this dynasty owes its rise to power.
		The name Tafilalt is a Berber name meaning "the Country of the Hilali", as its inhabitants are called, because they were descended from the Arabian tribe of Banu Hilal, who settled here.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Tafilalt (302 words)

	WaterHistory.org
		Beyond the river valley oases spreading south and east of the Atlas Mountains, and beyond the margins of the Tafilalt Oasis, farming is absent.
		Tafilalt khettara are closely associated with post-Sijilmassa qsour, which were only built after the fall of the city as its inhabitants divided along family/clan lines and dispersed across the oasis (Lightfoot and Miller, 1996).
		In the Tafilalt oasis, khettara irrigation is being sacrificed in the drive to expand water supplies to meet the needs of enlarged agricultural industries upstream, and a growing population throughout the region.
	www.waterhistory.org /histories/morocco (2624 words)

	The Tafilalt, Morocco - Chasing the Lizard’s Tail -
		The Tafilalt is the exception that proves the rule, for this oasis, along with the isolated M'zab region of the Algerian Sahara, played host in the eighth and ninth centuries to the Kharijite heresy.
		Situated at the southern edge of the Tafilalt, some eighty kilometres from Er-Rachidia, the town was built by the French in the 1920s to coordinate their attempts to subdue this particularly troublesome region.
		Situated (at that time) at the head of the Tafilalt, it soon acquired a position of great importance on the trans-Saharan caravan routes, for it was the southernmost outpost of the Maghreb el-Aqsa, a place through which all merchants and traders from the Sudan had to pass.
	www.bluegecko.org /lizard/lizard04.htm (7399 words)

	Taenia - LoveToKnow 1911
		Since 1648 it has been the custom of Moorish sultans to despatch superfluous sons and daughters to Tafilalt, and as the males are all sharifs, the fanaticism against Europeans is comprehensible.
		It was destroyed at the end of the ith century, but its ruins still extend five miles along the river bank.
		The first European to visit Tafilalt was Rene Caillie (1828), the next Gerhard Rohlfs (1864).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Taenia (252 words)

	The Mellahs of Southern Morocco
		In the Tafilalt region it was common to sell the privilege of reading aloud certain portions of the prayer service, which most (but not all) adult males knew how to do.
		The communities of the Southeast were officially tied to the rabbinic centers in Meknes, but in the Tafilalt the Abuhatzira family of Erfoud (formerly of Rissani) had an active yeshiva which trained youngsters from all over the region.
		It appears that there was a process of centralization during the last two generations (i.e., during the period of the Protectorate), in which the regional centers declined in importance in relation to the established rabbinic authorities of Marrakesh.
	www.dafina.net /themellahsofsouthernmorocco.htm (6642 words)

	IP - Academic Programs
		Outside the Tafilalt, the Haratine are referred to as drawa, natives of the Dra’a Valley, an oasis to the west of the Ziz Valley, or `azzi (plural `awazza Bambara) in reference to the Bambara people of Sub-Saharan Africa.
		With Tafilalt plunged in political and tribal strife during the first three decades of the twentieth century, the caliphate of the Sultan, Moulay Mehdi, tired of being abused and tired of anarchy desperately pleaded with “the dog,” meaning the French colonial power (al-isti`mar), to step in and restore order and dignity to Tafilalt.
		The occupation of Tafilalt was seen as the first act in a series of a theatrical drama that would open the door to the ferocious areas of Jbel Saghro and the High Atlas.
	www.uiowa.edu /~intl/ACAD/gsp/Seminar/GSP_seminar_paper_IIahiane.htm (6161 words)

	Olas Shabbos - Vayigash, 5763 - Torah.org
		During the French rule over the region of Tafilalt, Morocco, the only way to travel from one city to another was by caravan.
		A few decrepit trucks loaded down with cargo and passengers would clang their way through the searing desert wasteland until an engine would overheat, bringing the caravan to a grinding halt, until the geyser of hissing water and steam emanating from the radiator would subside somewhat.
		Tafilalt's caravan would depart once a week, every Tuesday, and it's route was such that it would always arrive at a certain remote village on Saturday.
	www.torah.org /learning/olas-shabbos/5763/vayigash.html (1535 words)

	Tafilalt (tafilalt info) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Tafilalt or Tafilet is the most important oasis of the Moroccan Sahara, ten days' journey south of Fez, across the Atlas.
		It is celebrated for its large and luscious dates, to the successful cultivation of which, soon after the arrival of an ancestor of the reigning dynasty of Morocco around 1250, this dynasty owes its rise to power.
		The name Tafilalt means "the Country of the Filali", as its inhabitants are called, because they were descended from the Arabian tribe of Hilal, who settled here.
	wikimiki.info /en/Tafilalt (9778 words)

	Morocco; A Vision of Green Oases and Golden Sands - New York Times
		There was little to do but cuddle up on the low couches of our casbah hotel, the Auberge Kasbah Derkaoua, and sip syrupy mint tea as the lamps flickered in the wind and the whiff of burning olive wood seeped out from the kitchen quarters.
		In the souk at Rissani, the heart of the Tafilalt, Wilf was enchanted with the crusty ocher salamanders the vendors allowed to climb up his shirt and into his pocket.
		Sijilmassa was founded in the dying years of the eighth century, when thousands of camels regularly rested in the Tafilalt on their trek from the bleached African interior to the shores of the Mediterranean.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E7DE1530F93AA25752C1A9669C8B63&sec=travel&pagewanted=all (3152 words)

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		In the Tafilalt of southern Morocco, we have found one specimen (Pl. 2: 14) in the immediate pre-event interval (shallowing upwards Sellagoniatites Limestone, topmost MD II-C).
		In more basinal sections of the Tafilalt (Hassi Nebech) and in the Dra Valley (Tata region: sections Oufrane, Tiguisselt, Oued Mzerreb), litho- and sequence stratigraphical correlations suggest that a deepening and fl shale interval with Afromaenioceras sulcatostriatum, the last Wedekindella brilonensis and Trevoneites (MD II-D) correlates with the 1st/2nd Tully sequences.
		In the Tafilalt (Ouidane Chebbi), the cladochonid Bainbridgia alternans was recently discovered to range into the level with oldest Pharciceras.
	sds.uta.edu /sds18/page0031.htm (1042 words)

	Oasis Region of Tafilalt - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Oasis Region of Tafilalt - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Tafilalt is an oasis region in the Sahara desert, south-east Morocco.
		In the 8th century, an independent kingdom was established at Tafilalt that served as an important trading centre for more than 200 years.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /media_81578057/Oasis_Region_of_Tafilalt.html (68 words)

	A Vision of Green Oases and Golden Sands
		After some hours, we entered the oasis region of the Tafilalt, frontier territory and the last region of Morocco to succumb to French control (hence the construction of the garrison town of Erfoud, where French troops kept an eye on the recalcitrant tribes).
		The southeastern edge of the Tafilalt oases ends abruptly at the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi.
		n the souk at Rissani, the heart of the Tafilalt, Wilf was enchanted with the crusty ocher salamanders the vendors allowed to climb up his shirt and into his pocket.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/magazine/traveler/20001119mag-morocco.html (3192 words)

	BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, PALEOECOLOGY, AND TAXONOMY OF DEVONIAN (EMSIAN AND FAMENNIAN) CRINOIDS FROM SOUTHEASTERN MOROCCO ...
		The Tafilalt and Ma'der regions in the eastern part of the Anti-Atlas Mountains constantly yield highquality fossils (especially trilobites and ammonoids) that are sold in many rock shops throughout the world.
		Middle Frasnian crinoid grain- and packstones cover a wide region of the northwestern carbonate platform, and early to middle Famennian massive crinoidal limestones are widespread in the northern (Wendt et al., 1984; Becker, 1993) and southern (Korn et al, 2000) parts of the platform.
		Discovery of articulated specimens of one Emsian genus in the Tafilalt and of four genera of Famennian crinoids in the Ma'der area of the AntiAtlas Mountains of southeastern Morocco forms the basis of this paper.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_200511/ai_n15742385 (878 words)

	South Morocco - TravelPuppy.com
		The South is a region rich in folklore and beautiful landscape, scattered with small oasis villages and quiet towns encircled by orchards and olive groves.
		Erfoud is the centre for excursions to the oasis of Tafilalt and is kept green and fertile by the underground waters of the Ziz and the Rheris.
		Er Rachidia is the provincial capital of the Tafilalt region, and has a bustling market located on the main square.
	travelpuppy.com /morocco/south.htm (493 words)

	ESTIMATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF RECHARGE AND EVAPORATION OF GROUND- WATERS UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS -PLAIN OF ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The area of study, located in the Saharan borders, to the south of the high atlas, extends on more than one thousands of km2; this area knows an arid climate (less than 100 mm per year of precipitation) doubled of an irregular pluviometry.
		Since the construction of the stopping Hassan ED Dakhil upstream of the area which deprived Tafilalt of water of the Ziz oued, an artificial recharge is assured by intermittent lâchers water of the stopping.
		The isotopic and chemical study of the soil profile in the unsaturated soil of approximately 6,5m shows that with the top a depth of approximately 111mm, water is taken again under the effect of evaporation.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/2005AM/finalprogram/abstract_91034.htm (347 words)

	Quantitative stratigraphy and taxonomy of late Emsian and Eifelian ammonoids of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco). ISBN ...
		Sixteen late Emsian and Eifelian sections (Early and Middle Devonian) in the Tafilalt (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco), several previously undescribed, were investigated, figured, and described.
		In order to develop a coherent stratigraphical scheme based on ammonoids, the method of graphic correlation was applied to 14 highly fossiliferous sections in the study area.
		This produced an ammonoid range chart based on the Tafilalt Regional Composite and the stratigraphical subdivision of the included sections.
	www.schweizerbart.de /pubs/isbn/sng/cfs-courie-3510613449-desc.html (485 words)

	MOROCCO2
		1631 - 1636 Sultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad I as-Sharif bin 'Ali, Sultan of Tafilalt.
		1636 - [1664] Sultan Sidi Muhammad II bin Sharif, Sultan of Tafilalt, eldest son of Sultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad I as-Sharif bin 'Ali, Sultan of Tafilalt, educ.
		at Sijilmasa (Rissani), Tafilalt, 1631, second son of Sultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad I as-Sharif bin 'Ali, Sultan of Tafilalt, educ.
	www.4dw.net /royalark/Morocco/morocco2.htm (235 words)

	Olas Shabbos - Parshas Vayigash, 5766 - Torah.org
		A few decrepit trucks loaded down with cargo and passengers would clang along through the searing desert wasteland until an engine would overheat, bringing the caravan to a grinding halt.
		Non-religious Jewish members of the caravan, who would arrive from the big city on Shabbos, were not always given the warmest welcome.
		One week, fortune had it that a very wealthy and influential non- religious Jew from Tafilalt was a member of this caravan.
	www.torah.org /learning/olas-shabbos/5766/vayigash.html (1446 words)

	Yovo
		With the scalding breath of the Sahara in my face, I followed the lush, green banks of Ziz river, as it winds its way through the Tafilalt to Rissani.
		Its banks at the bottom of the canyon are lush and green.
		I got some georgeous views of the Tafilalt as I slowly rolled down the road that snakes along the steep rocky cliffs.
	yovo.info /morocco/tafilalt.html (806 words)

	Page029 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sealevel changes associated with the Taghanic Onlap and later regressive events often cause unconformities, for example along the Mont Peyroux and in the Cabrières area of the Montagne Noire (Feist and Klapper 1985), or on the central Tafilalt Platform of southeastern Morocco (Jebel Amelane, Jebel Mech Irdane, Seheb-el-Rhassal, Hamar Laghdad).
		More basinal and less condensed sections of southern Morocco are often incredibly rich in well preserved goniatites (Hassi Nebech, Tata region, Bensaid 1974) but the conodont record is very poor, even in intercalated limestone beds.
		The marble quarry on the northern slope of Pic de Bissous, ca.
	sds.uta.edu /sds18/page0029.htm (974 words)

	Ahaggar Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the oasis of Abalassa near the town of Tamanghasset is located the tomb of the famous Tin Hinan, the matriach believed to be the ancestor of the Tuareg of Ahaggar.
		According to legend, Tin Hinan sgdssgs from Tafilalt region in the Atlas Mountains.
		The main city nearby the Ahaggar is Tamanghasset, built in a desert valley or wadi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahaggar (281 words)

	1992 Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Lightfoot and Jim Miller "ground truthed" this map and collected data from oral tradition regarding traditional land and water use in the oasis.
		They have projected a map of the Tafilalt Oasis depicting Sijilmasa as a unified city some 13 kilometers north to south but only about 1.5 km wide along the River Ziz.
		Oral tradition also identifies a market area at the western edge of the Sijilmasa g'maman called "Ben Akla Tazrout." Visible at this location today are low wall sections and stone foundations including a few square pillar foundations from what local traditions identifies as a small mosque.
	www.mtsu.edu /~sijilmas/1992report.html (1432 words)

	TAFILALT, or TAFILET (... - Online Information article about TAFILALT, or TAFILET (...
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		European to visit Tafilalt was Rene Caillie (1828), the next See also:
		A later visit to the oasis by W.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SUS_TAV/TAFILALT_or_TAFILET_ie_The_Coun.html (435 words)

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		En route we explore the centuries old crumbling mud-and-clay architecture of the kasbahs that dot this traditional caravan route.
		On the way we visit the kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, a rebuilt and well preserved site which has been used in the filming of numerous movies including Lawrence of Arabia and The Last Temptation of Christ.
		After we pass through Erfoud we follow a barely discernible track through the desert as we see the dunes looming in the distance.
	www.alburgessguide.com /page9.html (1056 words)

	Morocco (Alaoui Dynasty)
		His Sharifian Majesty (Sa Majesté Chérifienne) Moulay Abd el Aziz, Sultan of Fès, Tafilalt, Marrakech and Sous, Emir al Moumenin (Commander of the Faithful) 7/6/1894-abdicated 5/1 or 21/8/1908, °Marrakech 24/2/1878 or 1881, +Tangier 9 or 10/6/1943 (bur Mosquée of Sidi Abdallah, Fès), X 1..., 2...,.
		His Sharifian Majesty (Sa Majesté Chérifienne) Moulay Youssef, Sultan of Morocco, Sultan of Fès, Tafilalt, Marrakech and Sous, Emir al Moumenin (Commander of the Faithful) 13 or 17/8/1912-17/11/1927, °Meknes c1881 or 1882, +Fès 17/11/1927 (bur Mosquée of Sidi Abdallah, Fès), X before 1912 Lella Yaaqout, +Fès 17/11/1927.
		His Sharifian Majesty (Sa Majesté Chérifienne) Sidi Mohammed ben Arafa, Sultan of Morocco, Sultan of Fès, Tafilalt, Marrakech and Sous, Emir al Moumenin (Commander of the Faithful) (proclaimed) 15/8/1953-abdicated 30/10/1955, not considered as a legitimate successor, proclaimed Imam at Marrakech 15/8/1953, °Fès 1889, +Nice, F
	www.usa-morocco.org /alaoui.htm (2335 words)

	Comura Trilobites
		This COMURA trilobite was found at Region Maider, Tafilalt, Morocco, Africa.
		It is 95% complete and the overall size is a BIG 7 inches by 6 3/4 inches!
		Also found at Region Maider, Tafilalt, Morocco, Africa.
	www.nature-source.com /comura.htm (135 words)

	MsoDockBottom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		and global significance in the Tafilalt and Meseta regions of Morocco.
		The Kellwasser events are also well displayed in the western Meseta though in seemingly allochthonous slabs and differing in detail sedimentologically from the same intervals in the Tafilalt region.
		El Hassani and A. Tahiri (eds), Excursion Handbook, Pt I: Tafilalt and Maïder (eastern Anti Atlas) (p.
	biodb.biology.ualberta.ca /wilson.hp/paleozoic/II20.wwwversion/I.I.20.web15.html (600 words)

	MOROCCO11
		at Meknes, 1882, fifth son of His Sharifian Majesty 'Abu 'Ali Mulay Hasan I bin Muhammad, Sultan of Morocco, Sultan of Fez, Tafilalt, Marrakesh and Sus, Amir al-Mu'minin, by his fifth wife, Lalla Ruqiya, a Turkish lady from Constantinople, educ.
		October 1926, H.R.H. Princess Lalla Amina bint 'Abdu'l-Hafiz, former wife of Mulay Idris al-Fishar, and younger daughter of His Sharifian Majesty Mulay 'Abdu'l-Hafiz bin Hassan, Sultan of Morocco, Sultan of Fez, Tafilalt, Marrakesh and Sus, Amir al-Mu'minin.
		Opposed by almost all sections of Moroccan society, particularly the nationalist elements loyal to the legitimate Sultan.
	4dw.net /royalark/Morocco/morocco11.htm (781 words)

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