Forts at Hassi Inifil

Ouargla, Algeria

Forts at Hassi Inifel

• Fort Inifel was built during French incursion to the Tuat Oasis complex. When El Golea was first occupied the French established three advance posts — Fort MacMahon (1894), Fort Miribel (1894), and Fort Inifel (1893) on the far borders of the Twat depression.

• Another fort was built in 1920 called Bordj Delion on the other side of the Oued Mya. Also called by the natives Sidi Abd-el-Hakem, the name of a marabout (holy man) Zoua Ouled-Sidi-Cheikh who had himself buried at the beginning of this century, Hassi Inifel is located in the valley of Oued Mya has the place or end the valley of Oued In-Sokha.

• Reported first in 1880 by the second Flatters mission, the station has seen a bloody battle in 1887 in which Chambaa Mouahdi cut to pieces a party of Tuareg in the West. The Kouba Sidi Abd-el-Hakemis placed on the left bank of the wadi.“

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Ain Sefra

El Golea, Ghardaïa Province

Fort Miribel, Ghardaïa Province

Hassi Inifil

Fort MacMahon,

Hassi Inifil

29°48′21.54″N 3°45′11.48″E

Fort Inifel

Bordj Delion

Fort Inifil

Fort Inifil

Fort Inifil

Bordj Delion

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Bordj Delion

Bordj Delion

Bordj Delion

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Bordj Delion

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Bordj Delion

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