Biledulgerid



Biledulgerid (بلاد الجريد, Bilād al-Jarīd, "Country of Dates") was formerly a country in Northern Africa, south of Mount Atlas, bounded on the north by Tunis, on the west by Algiers and the Sahara, on the east by Tripoli, supposed to be about 180 sqmi. Carey listed Biledulgerid as 2,500 miles in length and 350 miles in breadth with a population of 3.5 million. Amezrou ("Dara"), Tafilalt, and Sijilmasa were held by Morocco; the Tuggurt Oasis by Ottoman Algeria; Tozeur by Ottoman-aligned Tunis; and Ghadames, the Ouled Boughanem, and the Mosselemis were independent. The population was Berber, black Africans, and Arab, believed to be Muslims, Christian, and Jewish.