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Tamdoult

Coordinates: 29°17′46″N 8°19′29″W / 29.296101°N 8.32481°W / 29.296101; -8.32481
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Tamdoult
ⵜⴰⵎⴷⴷⵓⵍⵜ
Site of medieval town
Tamdoult is located in Morocco
Tamdoult
Tamdoult
Location within Morocco
Coordinates: 29°17′46″N 8°19′29″W / 29.296101°N 8.32481°W / 29.296101; -8.32481
Country Morocco
RegionSouss-Massa
ProvinceTata
Foundation date2nd century BC
Founded byBerbers

Tamdult (also Tamedoult, Tamdlt; Arabic: تامدولت; Berber languages: ⵜⴰⵎⴷⴷⵓⵍⵜ) was a medieval city located near the Draa river south-east of Akka, Morocco. It was an important and flourishing stop in the Trans-Saharan trade route, linking Nul (Asrir) and Ouadane to Sijilmasa, Massa 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, who had been given a principality in the Sous to reign over the Lamta tribe.[1][2]

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.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ oasis-akka.com. "Les ruines de Tamdoult". Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ McDougall, James; Scheele, Judith (2012). Saharan Frontiers:Space and Mobility in Northwest Africa (1st ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 216. Retrieved 9 October 2012.