The Kel Adagh (var. Kel Adrar, Kel Adghagh, less commonly Kel Ifoghas) are a Tuareg confederation of clans (or "Drum-Groups") living in the region of the Adrar des Iforas highlands in Mali. The name comes from Tamasheq "Kel" ("those from/of") and "Adagh" ("Mountains"). In the modern era, not all Tuareg in the Adrar des Iforas are Kel Adagh, while some Kel Adagh are spread through northern Niger and southern Algeria, with populations in the Aïr Mountains, Tassili n'Ajjer, and the Hoggar Mountains. Most Kel Adagh derive from Noble and Warrior castes and their tributaries.
Noble Kel Adagh in Ifoghas include:
Kel Afella (North) : tributaries of the Amenokal of Adagh.
Kel Taghlit
Kel Essouk (Religious caste tributary group)
Kel Ouzzeyn
Ifergoumessen
Iriyaken
Tributaries include around forty tribes, the more notable of which are :
The KelAdagh (var. Kel Adrar, Kel Adghagh, less commonly Kel Ifoghas) are a Tuareg confederation of clans (or "Drum-Groups") living in the region of...
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the central Aïr Massif. Tuareg KelAdaghKel Ahaggar Kel Ajjer Kel Gres Kel Owey Aulliminden: Kel Ataram (west) and Kel Dinnik (east) Paul E. Lovejoy....
major confederations. Kel Ajjer or Azjar: centre is the oasis of Aghat (Ghat). Kel Ahaggar, in Ahaggar mountains. KelAdagh, or Kel Assuk: Kidal, and Tin...
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Zinder and Tahoua Regions. Tuareg KelAdaghKel Ahaggar Kel Ajjer Kel Ayr Kel Owey Aulliminden: Kel Ataram (west) and Kel Dinnik (east) Portions of this...
capital. Tuareg KelAdaghKel Ahaggar Kel Ajjer Kel Ayr Kel Gres Kel Owey History of Niger History of Mali Hélène Claudot-Hawad. Iwellemmeden Kel Ataram (Touaregs)...
2011, Ag Ghaly attempted to assume the leadership of the Tuareg group KelAdagh, but failed. Unable to take a leadership role with the National Movement...
Army. In 2006, KelAdagh Tuaregs of Kidal Region took issue with the promotion of El Hadj Ag Gamou, an Imghad Tuareg; considered by KelAdagh to be a servile...
the end of the 1950s in the Adrar des Ifoghas massif. His father of the KelAdagh tribe was killed by the Malian army in the 1963 Tuareg rebellion at a...
Pierre (1999). Les Touaregs KelAdagh: Dépendances et Révoltes: Du Soudan Français Au Mali Contemporain [The KelAdagh Tuaregs: Dependencies and Revolts:...
Editions, (1993) ISBN 978-2-86537-420-5 p.212 Pierre Boilley. Les Touaregs KelAdagh. KARTHALA Editions, (1999) ISBN 978-2-86537-872-2 p.300 Jean Sebastian...
tribal confederations in the Sahara: Kel Ajjer, Kel Ahaggar, KelAdagh, Kel Ataram, Kel Denneg, Kel Ayr, Kel Gres and Kel Owey. Turkic tribal confederations...
refer to: Adrar des Ifoghas, a sandstone massif in Mali's Kidal Region KelAdagh (Kel Ifoghas), a confederation of Tuareg clans This disambiguation page lists...
album. Chris Eckman (member of Dirtmusic and The Walkabouts) also produced Adagh, Tamikrest's first album. In 2010, both bands toured Europe together and...
Tuaregs of the Muslim army consisted of Agali and Adagh muslims and possibly the sons of the Emir of Adagh. Although outnumbered, dan Fodio's troops were...
little from the Southern Tuareg languages of the Aïr Mountains, Azawagh and Adagh. The differences mostly consist of sound substitutions, such as Tamahaq...
known locally as "Adagh". "Adrar" is the Berber word for mountain, while "Ifogha" is the name of an aristocratic Tuareg clan, "Kel Ifoghas", who have...
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