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Mulk Certificate — Ait Mait
وثيقة الملكية الكاملة لأراضي آيت مايت · القرن السابع عشر
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. This deed attests that the land of Ait Mait and its surrounding domains are the absolute and allodial property (Mulk) of the Ouchene (أوشن) family, held without encumbrance or obligation to any tribal council or state authority. Sealed by the Qadi of Nador in the year 1092 of the Hijri calendar.
1200 Years of History
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The House of Wisdom
800 AD
Ancestors serve as Ahl al-Ilm — keepers of the treasury and jurists in the Abbasid Caliphate. They carry Sajaras: genealogical scrolls serving as legal passports of noble status.
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800 AD
The House of Wisdom
Baghdad, Iraq
1050 AD
Al-Andalus — The Golden Age
Granada, Spain
1492
Fall of Granada
Strait of Gibraltar
c. 1600
Lords of the Beni Said
Oriental Rif, Morocco
1893
The Margallo Crisis
Melilla frontier
1909
Barranco del Lobo
Mount Gurugú
1960
The Great Departure
Netherlands
2024
The Digital Resurrection
Global
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