Tamasna (

Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...

: Tamesna, ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵏⴰ, Arabic: تامسنا) is a historical region between

Bou Regreg The Bou Regreg ( ar, أبو رقراق) is a river located in western Morocco which discharges to the Atlantic Ocean between the cities of Rabat and Salé. The estuary of this river is termed Wadi Sala. The river is 240 kilometres long, with a t ...

and Tensift in Morocco. It includes the modern regions of

Chaouia Chaouia may refer to: * Chaouia (region), a historical and ethno-geographical region of Morocco * Chaouia-Ouardigha, an administrative region of Morocco * Shawiya people, a Berber ethnic group of Algeria * Shawiya language Shawiya, or Shawiya Be ...

, Doukkala, Abda, Rhamna, Sraghna and

Chiadma The Chiadma () are an Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting th ...

. The indigenous population is that of

Barghwata The Barghawatas (also Barghwata or Berghouata) were a Berbers, Berber tribal confederation on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of Morocco, belonging to the Masmuda confederacy. After allying with the Sufri Kharijite Berber Revolt, rebellion in ...

who were driven by the

Almohads The Almohad Caliphate (; ar, خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or or from ar, ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ, translit=al-Muwaḥḥidūn, lit=those who profess the unity of God) was a North African Berber Muslim empire fo ...

who installed the

Bedouin The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (; , singular ) are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The Bedouin originated in the Syrian Desert and A ...

Arabs.S. Lévy, ''Pour une histoire linguistique du Maroc'', dans ''Peuplement et arabisation au Maghreb occidental: dialectologie et histoire'', 1998, pp.11-26 ()cf. Marçais, Les Arabes en Berbérie, p. 523 sq. et 532 sq. Regions of Morocco

Tribal composition

* Doukkala * Abda *

Rahamna Rahamna ( ar, الرحامنة) is an Arabic tribe of Arab descent who settled north of the Sahara between the 13th and 15th centuries. In 1525, they mobilized with Mohammed esh-Sheikh to fight the Portuguese in Agadir, Mogador, Safi and Mazagan. ...

* Sraghna *

References

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