Tamasna Explained

Tamasna
Native Name:تامسنا
ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵏⴰ
Settlement Type:Historical region
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Morocco
Population Density Km2:auto

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.[1] [2]

Tribal composition

Notes and References

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