Tin Hinan

Tin Hinan, also Tine Hinan, is the name of a mythical queen from the 4th century, which is considered the noble Tuareg ( Kel Ahaggar ) as their ancestor, and also an archaeological place in the Ahaggar Mountains in southern Algeria.

Tin Hinan was a legend, a princess of the tribe of beraber Moroccan- Tafilalet Accordingly, they came from there to the Tuareg, with her ​​servant Takamat (or Takama ) to be the ancestress of the non-noble Tuareg ( Kel Ulli ). The narrative serves to legitimize the class differences.

1925 saw one of Byron Khun de Prorok ( 1896-1954 ) and led by French military expedition in unterstütztet Abalessa in Ahaggar, about 80 km west of Tamanrasset, the tomb of a woman. It was located in the territory of the tribe of the Kel Rela, from whose ranks since at least the 18th century, the Amenokal, the leaders were chosen by the Tuareg confederation. In addition to the well-preserved skeleton of the excavators found coins from the time of Constantine I., gold and silver jewelry as well as a grave chamber including the establishment of that now in the Bardo Museum in Algiers. The finds were dated to the 4th or 5th century.

First, the Fund threatened by the sensation hash end appearance of a participant of the expedition of 1925, which was conducted by the American Logan Museum of Anthropology, to be incredible. Byron Khun de Prorok, a little qualified adventurer, possibly was the first descent legend of the first mother of the noble Tuareg in circulation. This had protested in vain against the kidnapping of the corpse to Algiers.