Travel Guide Ouara

Ouara was founded in 1635 by the famous Abd el Karim (or Abdelkrim), son of Yamé, of the tribe of Dschalidja, whose ancestors would have been the Abbassides. The dynasty will therefore claim the supposed glorious dynasty, and Ouara (then Abéché later) will become the capital of Abbassides. Abd el Karim and his father emigrated from Sudan. According to tradition, Abd el Karim, looking for his misplaced flock, would have discovered the hidden circus, irrigated by a enchanteur parka.The name «Ouara» comes from the word «inaccessible», which means «inaccessible». But some people claim that this important site already existed as a toundjour city (the then ruling dynasty). Abd el Karim allegedly took on the pretext of the religious laxity of the Toundjour to rebel and Hunt King Daoud, aided by the indigenous, Mahamit, Tama and… indigenous peoples. Abd el Karim marries Aïcha, the daughter of Daoud, and rewards her allies by offering them the turban (charge) of aguid (province) and djarma (Prime Minister). Moreover, any future sultan must take a wife maba if he wishes to reign one day.The aguids are responsible for the command of the external provinces; in addition to the djarma charge (concerning the provinces of the centre), the most significant charges are those of aguid al Mahamid (controlling the northern provinces; the load falls to Mahamit), aguid es Salamat (controlling the southern provinces), and aguid al Diaatné (monitoring the southwest provinces). The key role of the aguids was to raise tax and recruit troops. They were appointed and dismissed according to the Sultan's wishes, and could be chosen not only among Maba and noble Arabs, but also among people of modest status. Thus, the sultan could dismiss the overly ambitious lords to entrust these burdens to obscure men who were dedicated to his person.The wall and the small square building called "the remains of the marabout" were built at that time. In the house of the marabout there is a central pillar embodying the centre of the kingdom, but also the zenith-nadir line giving the axes of construction of the palace and the city.The son of Abd el Karim, Harot I, who reigns from 1655 to 1678, is the great builder of the palace, assisted by an architect from Egypt. The walls of the palace are made of cooked bricks, cemented between them using a paste of clay impregnated with beef. Bamboo and troncs scaffolds were from Umm Hadjer. Saboun I completes the whole while joining the mosque, after which he killed the architect so that he could never again build such a wonder!Ouara is an important Islamic religious education centre; the scientists who taught them came from Timbuktu and Djenné! The city also had numerous commercial relations with Bornou and Darfur, of which it was importing metals, tissues, verroterie and salt in exchange for skins, sandals, ivory, ostrich feathers and slaves. The information on Ouara was reported by El Tounsy who drew up illustrated maps having on the scale a day of walking! The Nachtigal explorer also recorded many information about the practices and practices of the time.In 1850, Sultan Mohamed Sharif abandoned the site, following the drying up of the Ouara Wadi Wadi, which made life impossible, and settled in Abéché. However, the induction of the new sultans will continue to take place on Mount Treya, according to tradition.