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|native_name = تامسنا<br/>ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵏⴰ
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'''Tamasna''' ([[Berber language|Berber]]: '''Tamesna''', ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵏⴰ, [[Arabic]]: تامسنا) is a historical region between [[Bou Regreg]] and [[Tensift River|Tensift]] in [[Morocco]]. It includes the modern regions of [[Chaouia (Morocco)|Chaouia]], [[Doukkala-Abda|Doukkala, Abda]], [[Marrakesh Province|Rhamna]], [[El Kelâa des Sraghna Province|Sraghna]] and [[Chiadma]]. The indigenous population is that of [[Barghwata]] who were driven by the [[Almoravid Caliphate|Almoravids]] who installed the [[Bedouin]] [[Arabs]].<ref name="Levy12">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}})</ref><ref>cf. Marçais, Les Arabes en Berbérie,
p. 523 sq. et 532 sq.</ref>
== Tribal composition ==
{{Further|Western Morocco Arabic}}
* [[Chaouia (Morocco)|Chaouia]]
* [[Doukkala]]
* [[Abda (Morocco)|Abda]]
* [[Rahamna]]
* [[El Kelaa des Sraghna|Sraghna]]
* [[Chiadma]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Regions of Morocco]]
[[Category:Geography of Morocco]]
[[Category:Natural regions of Africa]]
[[Category:Arab world]]
[[Category:Geography of North Africa]]