| The stronghold in Mali was to be the centerpiece of a larger Qaeda emirate across the Sahel from Mauretania to Nigeria. |
| Originally, the city was part of the larger Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, which included much of North Africa. |
| He arrived comparatively late in 107 BC and in that year and the next he forced Jugurtha to the south and west toward Mauretania. |
| Tingis was the main Roman city of Mauretania Tingitana in the 4th century and enjoyed huge development and importance. |
| A euhemerist origin for Atlas was as a legendary Atlas, king of Mauretania, an expert astronomer. |
| Later the area was subdivided, with the eastern part keeping the former name and the newer part receiving the name of Mauretania Tingitana. |
