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Present-day Oran was founded in 903 by the Azdadja and Ajissa Berbers of the Maghrawa confederation who lived in the area. [14] The city enjoyed a period of prosperity under the Almohad Caliph Abd al-Mu'min for a lengthy period of time when he built thirty vessels to connect it with Andalusia. [14]
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oran, Algeria. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Prior to 19th century. [edit] 903 CE – Ouahran founded by Andalusian Umayyad traders (traditional date). [1]
History. Oran was founded at the beginning of the 10th century by Andalusian merchants as a base for trade with the North African hinterland, and it developed commercially owing to its sea connections with Europe. It became the port for the North African kingdom of Tlemcen in 1437 and also was an entrepôt for trade with the Sudan.
Present-day Oran was founded in 903 by the Azdadja and Ajissa Berbers of the Maghrawa confederation who lived in the area. [14] The city enjoyed a period of prosperity under the Almohad Caliph Abd al-Mu'min for a lengthy period of time when he built thirty vessels to connect it with Andalusia. [14]
• Oran, وهران in Arabic (from Tamazight, ‘Ahran” lions) was founded in 902. • Waharna (plural of Wahrani): around 800,000 but the total agglomeration has around 1.5 millions inhabitants. • Languages: mainly Arabic, French, and Tamazight.
Founded in the 10th century by Andalusians as a base for trade with the northern African hinterland, it was held by the Spanish from 1509 to 1708, when it fell to the Ottomans. It was devastated by an earthquake in 1790, and in 1792 the Ottomans settled a Jewish community there.
Before the Algerian War, 1954–1962, Oran had one of the highest proportions of Europeans of any city in North Africa. In July 1962, after a ceasefire and accords with France, the FLN entered Oran and were shot at by a European.
