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    Brakna (Arabic: ولاية البراكنة, romanized: Wilāyat al-Brāknah) is a region in south-west Mauritania. Its capital is Aleg and its other major cities/towns...
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  • the Emirate of Brakna. She was one of the wives of the Alaouite Sultan Moulay Ismail. Nassira was the daughter of the emir of Brakna, Mohammed el-Heyba...
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    الزويرات 25,892 33,929 44,649 Tiris Zemmour 7 Rosso روصو 12,557 29,882 33,581 Brakna 8 Sélibabi سليبابي 29,292 32,716 40,281 Guidimaka 9 Boû Gâdoûm بوكادوم N/A...
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    Bogué is a department of Brakna Region in Mauritania. The Bogué department is made up of following communes: Boghé Dar El Aviya Dar El Barka Ould Biram...
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    Beginning in 1903 and 1904, the French armies succeeded in occupying Trarza, Brakna, and Tagant, but the northern emirate of Adrar held out longer, aided by...
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  • (protectorate) (1909) The Tagant confederation's emirate (protectorate) (1905) Brakna confederation's emirate (protectorate) Emirate of Trarza (protectorate)...
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    Current control New control Adrar El Insaf El Insaf Assaba El Insaf El Insaf Brakna El Insaf El Insaf Dakhlet Nouadhibou El Insaf El Insaf Gorgol El Insaf El...
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    in Moudjéria, Tagant. He later moved to Magta Lahjar, in the wilaya of Brakna, to complete primary and secoundary studies in the town, obtaining a baccalauréat...
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    Adrar Union for the Republic (UPR) Assaba Union for the Republic (UPR) Brakna Union for the Republic (UPR) Dakhlet Nouadhibou Union for the Republic (UPR)...
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    Saint-Louis to help finance a stay of 8 months with the nomadic people in the Brakna Region of southern Mauritania where he learned Arabic and the customs of...
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    exploiting the acacia gum trade. Produced by the acacia trees of Trarza and Brakna, this acacia gum was considered superior to that previously obtained in...
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    successor, the expansionist Abdul Kader defeated the emirates of Trarza and Brakna and by his death in 1806, power became decentralized between a few elite...
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  • Emirate of Trarza (1640–1902) Emirate of Tagant[citation needed] Emirate of Brakna[citation needed] Mali Empire (c. 1230–1672) Bamana Empire (1712–1861) Khasso...
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    customs duties to the state. Abdul Kader defeated the emirates of Trarza and Brakna to the north, but was defeated and captured when he attacked the Wolof states...
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    Departments of Brakna...
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  • Verea is a village and rural commune in the Brakna Region of Mauritania. In 2023 municipal elections in the Brakna Region, the El Wiam party elected nine répartition...
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    Bababe is a department of Brakna Region in Mauritania. The Bababe department is made up of following municipalities: Aéré M'Bar Bababé El Verea. In 2013...
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    burden of fighting fell to the Emirate of Trarza, although the Emirate of Brakna sent Trarza reinforcements and helped immobilise Zawaya in their own regions...
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    children. Princess Nassira el-Salwi bint Mohammed el-Heyba originally from Brakna, married the latter either in 1678/9 or in 1690. Whether they had descendants...
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  • (protectorate) (1909) The Taganit confederation's emirate (protectorate) (1905) Brakna confederation's emirate (protectorate) Emirate of Trarza (protectorate)...
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    Assaba Barkéol 2 2 10 Boumdeid 1 1 Guerou 1 1 2 Kankoussa 2 2 Kiffa 1 1 1 3 Brakna Aleg 2 2 12 Bababé 2 2 Boghé 2 2 Magta Lahjar 2 2 Male 2 2 M'Bagne 2 2 Dakhlet...
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  • emirate (founded by Idaw `Ish dynasty), from 1905 under French protectorate. Brakna confederation's emirate Emirate of Trarza: 15 December 1902 placed under...
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    from the 17th to the 19th centuries CE; the others were the emirates of Brakna, and the Tagant. The Arab conquests had resulted in a society divided according...
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    major military expedition to the south, forcing the Emirates of Trarza and Brakna to become his vassals and extending his overlordship up to the Senegal River...
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  • Warmia-Masuria.[citation needed] Four regions of Mauritania, namely Adrar, Brakna, Tagant, and Trarza, meet at a quadripoint formed by an intersection of...
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  •  Moldova 33,851 Country in Europe. Includes Transnistria (Pridnestrovie). Brakna 33,800 Region of Mauritania. Kwara State 33,792 State of Nigeria. Morobe...
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    Aleg is a department of Brakna Region in Mauritania. The Aleg department is made up of following municipalities: Aghchorguitt Aleg Bouhdida Cheggar Djellwar...
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    century–19th century AD) (NSM in Mauritania) (mentioned in Trarza) Emirate of Brakna: 142  (17th century–19th century AD) (mentioned in Trarza) Kénédougou Kingdom...
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    dans l'Afrique centrale, précédé d'observations faites chez les Maures Braknas, les Nalous et autres peuples; pendant les années 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827...
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    Boutilimit. Trarza borders the regions of Inchiri and Adrar to the north, Brakna to the east, and the country of Senegal to the south. Its western coastline...
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