# Tadla

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{{Short description|Historical and geographical region of Morocco}}
thumb|350px|A map of the historical Tadla region and its tribes.
'''Tadla''' is a historical and geographical region of [Morocco](/source/Morocco), located in the center of the country, north of the [High Atlas mountain range](/source/High_Atlas) and west of the [Middle Atlas](/source/Middle_Atlas). It is the region of origin of the eponymous collection of tribal, semi-nomadic pastoralist population, the Tadla tribes.

Nowadays, the historical region of Tadla is mainly part of the administrative region of [Béni Mellal-Khénifra](/source/B%C3%A9ni_Mellal-Kh%C3%A9nifra), except for the historical territory of the Beni Meskine tribe, which is part of the [Casablanca-Settat](/source/Casablanca-Settat) administrative region.

== History ==

The Tadla region was one of the first regions of [Morocco](/source/Morocco) that was conquered by the Muslims during the 7th century. The region was relatively green and had a good agricultural potential, thus its name, Tadla, which comes from the [Amazigh](/source/Amazigh) or [Standard Moroccan Amazigh](/source/Standard_Moroccan_Amazigh) word "tadla" (written:ⵜⴰⴷⵍⴰ) meaning "the sheaf" (of wheat).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dicber-mc.centrederechercheberbere.fr/dicber.html | title=Le dictionnaire Tamazight du Maroc central - A. Roux / S. Chaker }}</ref>

== Geography ==

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== Demography ==
[[File:Soumission des Beni Amir, après les combats de casbah Tadla ? - btv1b53231975k.jpg|thumb|260x260px|Men of the Beni Amir tribe forced to submit after the fighting at [Kasba Tadla](/source/Kasba_Tadla), 1913]]
The population of the Tadla is traditionally divided into 9 tribes, mainly of Arab origin:
* [Aït Robʿa](/source/A%C3%AFt_Rob%CA%BFa) tribe: occupying the western part of the modern [Beni Mellal Province](/source/B%C3%A9ni-Mellal_Province), formed under [Moulay Ismael](/source/Moulay_Ismael) (r. 1672–1727) by the merging of an original Tadla tribe ([Beni Mellal](/source/Beni_Mellal_(tribe))) with three ''Guich'' tribes ([Guettaya](/source/Guettaya), [Samguet](/source/Samguet) and [Beni Maʿdane](/source/Beni_Ma%CA%BFdane))<ref name=Peyr59>Peyronnet (1919), p.59</ref>
* [Beni ʿAmir](/source/Beni_%CA%BFAmir) tribe: occupying the northern part of the modern [Fquih Ben Salah Province](/source/%3Afr%3AProvince_de_Fquih_Ben_Salah)
* [Beni Khirane](/source/Beni_Khirane) tribe: occupying the northwestern part of the modern [Khouribga Province](/source/Khouribga_Province)
* [Beni Meskine](/source/Beni_Meskine) tribe: occupying the southern part of the modern [Settat Province](/source/Settat_Province), formerly part of the Tadla confederacy, joined the [Chaouia confederacy](/source/Chaouia_(region)) in the 19th century
* [Beni Moussa](/source/Beni_Moussa) tribe: occupying the southern part of the modern [Fquih Ben Salah Province](/source/%3Afr%3AProvince_de_Fquih_Ben_Salah)
* [Beni Zemmour](/source/Beni_Zemmour) tribe: occupying the eastern part of the modern [Khouribga Province](/source/Khouribga_Province)
* [Ouardigha](/source/Ouardigha) tribal confederacy: occupying the central and the western parts of the modern [Khouribga Province](/source/Khouribga_Province); confederacy formed by 3 tribes: [Oulad Bahr Kbar](/source/Oulad_Bahr_Kbar), [Oulad Bahr Sghar](/source/Oulad_Bahr_Sghar) and [Smaʿla](/source/Sma%CA%BFla).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gate |first=Recherch |date=2024-01-01 |title=Genetic studies on Moroccans Statement of the genetic origins of the Arabs and Amazighs of Morocco |trans-title=الدراسات الوراثية على المغاربة بيان الأصول الجينية لعرب وأمازيغ المغرب |url=https://www.academia.edu/125856979/Genetic_studies_on_Moroccans_Statement_of_the_genetic_origins_of_the_Arabs_and_Amazighs_of_Morocco?source=swp_share |journal=إ.ت.س ياسين |pages=43 |via=Academia.edu}}</ref>

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
*{{in lang|fr}} Cpt. R. Peyronnet, "History of the Tadla from the origins to 1910" ({{langx|fr|Histoire du Tadla des origines à 1910}}), in: Bulletin de la Société de Géographie d'Alger et de l'Afrique du Nord, 24th y. (1919), pp.&nbsp;49–62
*{{in lang|ar}} A. M. Qasimi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=XQlQAQAAIAAJ "History of the Bani ʿAmir tribe and the neighbouring Tadla, 1188-1956"] ({{langx|ar|تارخ قبيلة بني عمير والمحيط التادلي، 1188م - 1956م}}), D.N. (2005)

Category:Regions of Morocco
Category:Geography of Morocco

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