Rulers: Mauritania
Traditional polities
Note: This record covers the four principal tribal confederations.
Adrar
Emirs
- Awlad Yahya ibn `Uthman dynasty -
... - ... `Uthman wuld Fadil
... - ... Sidi Ahmad wuld `Uthman "wuld `Ayda"
... - ... Muhammad wuld `Uthman
... - 1871 Ahmad wuld Sidi Ahmad
1871 - 1891 Sidi Ahmad wuld Muhammad "wuld `Ayda"
1891 - 1899 Mukhtar Ahmad wuld Sidi Ahmad
1899 - 1909 Shaykh al-Hasana
1909 - 1913 Sidi Ahmad wuld Ahmad `Ayda (1st time)
1913 - 19.. vacant
19.. - Mar 1932 Sidi Ahmad wuld Ahmad `Ayda (2nd time)
Brakna
bf.1600 Brakna confederation founded by Awlad `Abd Allah
lineage of Awlad Hassan dynasty
c.1790 Awlad Siyad lineage replaces Awlad `Abd Allah
18 Oct 1904 emir's authority derecognized by French authorities
6 May 1912 emir's authority nominally restored
Emirs
- Awlad Hassan dynasty, Awlad Siyad lineage -
1766 - 1800 Muhammad wuld Mukhtar (b. ... - d. 1800)
1800 - Jan 1818 Sidi `Ali wuld Mukhtar (b. ... - d. 1818)
Jan 1818 - 1841 Ahmad wuld Sidi `Ali I (b. ... - d. 1841)
1841 - 1843 Sidi Mukhtar wuld Sidi Muhammad (b. ... - d. 1893)
later jointly with
1842 - 1851 Muhammad al-Rajal wuld Mukhtar
1851 - Dec 1858 Sidi Muhammad wuld Muhammad (b. ... - d. 1858)
Dec 1858 - 1893 Sidi `Ali wuld Ahmad
1893 - Dec 1903 Ahmad wuld Sidi `Ali II
Dec 1903 - 18 Oct 1904 Muhammad wuld Muhammad
Dec 1903 - 28 Oct 1910 Shaykh Mahl Aynin (in rebellion) (b. 1840 - d. 1910)
- al-Qalqami dynasty -
6 May 1912 - 1919 Ahmad al-Hayba wuld Muhammad (b. c.1870 - d. 1919)
(in rebellion from 28 Oct 1910)
1919 Talib Hiyar
1919 - 7 Apr 1934 Muhammad al-Mustafa Murabbih
Rabbuh wuld Muhammad
Taganit
c.1580 Taganit confederation founded by Idaw `Ish dynasty
1820 dynasty split into Abakak and Shratit lineages
Emirs
- Idaw `Ish dynasty -
1785 - 1820 Muhammad al-Bakr ibn Muhammad Shayn
- (1) Abakak lineage -
1820 - 1831 Suwaydi Ahmad
1831 - 1836 Muhammad Shayn
1836 - 1 Apr 1905 Bakkar ibn Suwaydi Ahmad (b. ... - d. 1905)
1 Apr 1905 - 1905 `Uthman ibn Bakkar
1905 - Aug 1918 vacant
Aug 1918 - 1948* `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Bakkar
... - Feb 2003 `Uthman ibn `Abd ar-Rahman
= Ethmane Ould Abderrahmane (b. ... - d. 2003)
Feb 2003 - Muhammad ibn `Abd ar-Rahman
= Mohamed Ould Abderrahmane (b. 1926)
- (2) Shratit lineage -
1820 - 18.. Mukhtar ibn Muhammad al-Bakr
18.. - 18.. Ahmad Daya
*1860* Rasul
Trarza
c.1640 Trarza confederation founded
Emirs
- Awlad Hassan dynasty, Awlad Ahmad wuld Daman lineage -
1795 - 1800 `Umar wuld Mukhtar "wuld Kumba"
1800 - 1827 `Umar wuld Mukhtar
[distinct from preceding]
1827 - 1860 Muhammad wuld `Umar al-Habib (b. ... - d. 1860)
1860 - Jul 1871 Sidi Mubayrika wuld Muhammad (b. ... - d. 1871)
Jul 1871 - 1873 Ahmad Salum wuld `Umar (b. ... - d. 1873)
1873 - Oct 1886 `Ali Dyombot wuld Muhammad (b. ... - d. 1886)
Oct 1886 - Dec 1886 Muhammad Fadil wuld `Ali (b. ... - d. 1886)
Dec 1886 - 1893 `Umar Salum wuld `Umar (b. ... - d. 1893)
1893 - 18 Apr 1905 Ahmad Salum wuld `Ali (b. ... - d. 1905)
bf.1903 Muhammad Salum wuld Ibrahim
(in rebellion)
1905 - 1917 Shaykh Sa`d wuld Muhammad Fadil (b. ... - d. 1917)
1917 - 1932 Shaykh Khalifa wuld Sa`d (b. ... - d. 1932)
1932 - 1958 vacant?
1958 - Muhammad Fadil wuld `Umayr