ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1158
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1158
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11 Aug 1998
From:  (Josh Mittleman)


Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked for information about period Tuareg names.  

Unfortunately, we cannot find any information to add to your own research.
In fact, we would be very grateful if you could send us more information
about your sources, particularly the ones that contain information about
names.  If you could see your way clear to make us a photocopy of the name
lists and the accompanying discussion, we would be in your debt.

Based on our general knowledge of period naming and particularly on our
knowledge of Islamic naming, we believe you are correct that the name you
have been using, <Fizlit-Ounzar bent Tin-Hinan Kel Rela>, based on the name
of a rainbow goddess, the ancestral mother of the Tuaregs, and a Tuareg
clan name, is unlikely to be an authentic name.  Unfortunately, we cannot
give any concrete advice on native Tuareg names.

If you decide to use an Arabic name, then we can offer some help.  We have
two articles on the web which discuss Arabic naming and include lists of
period Arabic feminine names.  You can find them at

  http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/other.html#arabic

If you need more information about Arabic names, please contact us again.

I hope this letter has been useful.  Please write us again if any part of
it has been unclear or if you have other questions.  I was assisted in
researching and writing this letter by Alan Fairfax, Talan Gwynek, Teceangl
Bach, Lindorm Eriksson, Giles Leabrook, and Zenobia Naphtali.

For the Academy,


  Arval Benicoeur
  11 Aug 1998


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