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The M'zab is a natural region of the northern Sahara Desert in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria.
It is located 600 km south of Algiers and there are approximately 360,000 inhabitants.
The Mozabites (At Mzab) are a branch of a large Berber tribe, the Iznaten, which lived in large areas of middle southern Algeria.
Many Tifinagh letters and symbols are engraved around the Mzab Valley.
After the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the Mozabites became Muslims of the Mu'tazili school.
After the fall of the Rostemid state, the Rostemid royal family with some of their citizens chose the Mzab Valley as their refuge.
However, the Rostemids were Ibadi and sent a preacher who successfully converted the indigenous Mozabites.
France occupied Algeria in 1830 and removed it from Ottoman domination.
The M'zab was annexed to France only in 1882 and reverted to Algerian indigenous rule in summer 1962 upon its national independence.
Ghardaia is the main town and capital of the M'zab, while el-Ateuf is the oldest settlement in the region.
Beni Isguene is the most sacred Berber Islamic town.
It prohibits all non-M'zabites from various sections of this town and all foreigners from spending the night within its walls.
Melika is populated by a kabily town named Mlikch which is untell now located near Bouira city,
and it contains spacious cemeteries and a historical Mosque in the center of the K'sar, while Bounoura is a historical K'sar which contain Azwil palm grove, while El-Guerrara and Berriane have been part of the M'zab since the 17th century.
There are five qsur walled villages located on rocky outcrops along the Wəd Mzab collectively known as the Pentapolis.
They are Ghardaïa Tagherdayt, the principal settlement today; Beni Isguen At Isjen; Melika At Mlishet; Bounoura At Bunur; and El Atteuf Tajnint.
Adding the more recent settlements of Bérianne and El Guerrara, the Mzab Heptapolis is completed.
The combination of the functional purism of the Ibāḍī faith with the oasian way of life has led to a strict organization of land and space.
Each citadel has a fortress-like mosque, whose minaret served as a watchtower.
Houses of standard size and type were constructed in concentric circles around the mosque.
The architecture of the M'zab settlements was designed for egalitarian communal living, with respect for family privacy.
The Mzab building style is of Libyan-Phoenician type, more specifically of Berber style and has been replicated in other parts of the Sahara.
In the summer, the Mzabites migrated to 'summer citadels' centred on palm grove oases.
This is one of the major oasis groups of the Sahara Desert, and is bounded by arid country known as chebka, crossed by dry river beds.
The Mzab Valley was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, as an intact example of traditional human habitat perfectly adapted to the environment.
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