Tamdoult
Ruins · Morocco
- Abandoned
- 1350
- Founded
- 829
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 29.296, -8.325
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: site of Medieval town in Guelmim-Ouad noun, Morocco
History
Tamdult 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), Ouadane, and Awdaghust 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.