Tafilelt

American

[tah-fee-lelt, tah-fee-lelt] / tɑˈfi lɛlt, ˌtɑ fiˈlɛlt /

Also Tafilalet

noun

an oasis in SE Morocco, about 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).

Tafilelt British

/ ˌtæfɪˈlɑːlɛt, tæˈfiːlɛlt /

noun

an oasis in SE Morocco, the largest in the Sahara. Area: about 1300 sq km (500 sq miles)

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Abdsalam, prince, departs for Tafilelt, through Draha and Bled el jereed, 149.

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Hire of camels from Tafilelt to, 2.

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Akkabahs 282, and cafilahs, or caravans, were going continually from Timbuctoo to Tafilelt, Marocco, Fas, and Terodant.

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This powerful and warlike prince had the address to establish and to maintain a very strong garrison at Timbuctoo; and accordingly, during his long reign of fifty-five years, viz. from 1672 to 1727, Timbuctoo carried on a constant, extensive, and lucrative trade with Marocco, Tafilelt, and Fas, in gold dust, gum-sudan, ostrich-feathers, ivory, and slaves, &c.

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Shabeeny's first stage was from Fas 1 to Tafilelt, which is generally performed in about twenty days.

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