Discovery
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The 275-Page Archive
Browse the Hassan Ouchen collection. Toggle modern transcriptions directly over historical documents.
Mulk-Certificaat — Ait Mait
وثيقة الملكية الكاملة لأراضي آيت مايت · القرن السابع عشر
In naam van God, de Barmhartige, de Genadevolle. Deze akte bevestigt dat de gronden van Ait Mait en de omliggende domeinen het absolute en allodiaal eigendom (Mulk) zijn van de familie Ouchene (أوشن), gehouden zonder lasten of verplichtingen jegens enige stamsraad of staatsautoriteit. Verzegeld door de Qadi van Nador in het jaar 1092 van de Islamitische kalender.
1200 Years of History
Drag through the timeline, from the House of Wisdom in Baghdad to the Digital Resurrection
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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The Transcontinental Journey
From Baghdad to the Rif to the European diaspora. Click each location to reveal its historical story.
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