An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir, a title used by monarchs or high officeholders in the Muslim world. ... Emirate of Trarza, modern southwest Mauritania 1640s–1910s; Emirate of Cyrenaica, modern eastern Libya 1949–1951 (became the Kingdom of …

Rosso is the major city of south-western Mauritania and capital of Trarza region. It is situated on the Senegal River at the head of the river zone allowing year-round ... Rosso was once the capital of the Emirate of Trarza, a Precolonial Sahrawi dominated state in Africa. Under French colonial rule Senegal and Mauritania were administered as a ...