Collaboration, Modernity and Colonial Rule: Sidiyya Baba and Mauritania
By David Robinson
Ruling House of Trarza
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Description: These two French travelers took this photo of the emir and one other member of the ruling lineage of the Trarza confederation, which dominated southwestern Mauritania. They were from the hassan branch of bidan society. This photo contains the caption, "Cliché Sabatier. 29. - Ahmed Saloum ould Ibrahim Saloum prétandant à l'émirat du Trarza et son ministre Khayroum."
Date Range: 1900-1909
Location: Mauritania
Format: Image/jpeg
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Digitizer: MATRIX
Source: Gruvel, A. and R. Chudeau. A travers la Mauritanie Occidentale (Paris: Larose, 1909), facing p 170.
