Abstract:
The Sahara was in general, and the Algerian desert was unknown
to many, and it was called by several names such as “loose,
inhabited.” The trips came in the modern period and refuted what was
said about it, and revealed this wide space, and the period between the
two centuries (11-12 AH/ 17-18 AD) by the large number of land trips
passing through the Algerian desert towards the Hijaz in order to
perform the Hajj. The traveler’s books mentioned important
information about the Algerian desert and about the paths and regions
they passed through, as it came to be rich in mentioning water sources,
types and how to extract it, and some travelers touched on doctrinal
issues around the water .
The paths of trips in the desert varied according to the
geographical nature of each path, and the paths were also affected by
the abundance and lack of water sources by them, so the water sources
became less as we moved south in the middle of the Algerian desert.
