الإستراتيجية الفرنسية في احتواء القبائل الموريتانية و إخضاعها للاحتلال من عام 1898-1909 م

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The French strategy to contain the Mauritanian tribes and its subjection to occupation from 1898 to 1909 Summary: Mauritania was subjected to European colonial competition since the 15th century AD, it started with the Portuguese and the Spaniards, then the Dutch, the English and the French, and the matter settled in the end for the French who bet on completing the project to occupy northwest Africa for strategic, political, religious and economic reasons, adopting a strategy to control the country At first they entered as merchants, then they soon persecuted the chiefs of the local tribes, taking advantage of the feverish competition between them, tempting them with power and money, and appealing to one against the other until it was able to sign separate agreements with the most prominent Mauritanian tribes such as Tararza in 1903 and Barakna in 1904 andTakant in 1905 and finally Adrar in 1909 AD, and accordingly, the occupation project, , which was initiated by "Qazaviy Kobolani", the architect of the occupation project at the beginning of the twentieth century was completed.

Key words: Mauritania; rivalry; colonialism; France; Europe