Touggourt

Touggourt was an oasis town in the Oued Righ valley of the Sahara. Long dependent on Biskra, it later became subject to the Hafsid rulers of Tunis.

In 1414 the Banu Djellab founded a sultanate and drew caravans from Ouargla. Hafsid sultans subdued the town in 1449 and 1465. In 1552 Salah Raïs of Algiers brought artillery against the town; the dynasty surrendered and became tributary; in the eighteenth century Arab chiefs of Biskra repeatedly took control, while tribute to Algiers continued.