Misplaced Pages

Tamasna

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
"Tamesna" redirects here. For the city founded in 2004, see Tamesna, Rabat. Historical region in Morocco
Tamasna تامسنا
ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵏⴰ
Historical region
Barghwata people (blue).Barghwata people (blue).
CountryMorocco

Tamasna (Berber: Tamesna, ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵏⴰ, Arabic: تامسنا) is a historical region between Bou Regreg and Tensift in Morocco. It includes the modern regions of Chaouia, Doukkala, Abda, Rhamna, Sraghna and Chiadma. The indigenous population is that of Barghwata who were driven by the Almoravids who installed the Bedouin Arabs.

Tribal composition

Further information: Western Morocco Arabic

References

  1. S. Lévy, Pour une histoire linguistique du Maroc, dans Peuplement et arabisation au Maghreb occidental: dialectologie et histoire, 1998, pp.11-26 (ISBN 84-86839-85-8)
  2. cf. Marçais, Les Arabes en Berbérie, p. 523 sq. et 532 sq.
Categories: