Taghzut
| Taghzut Taɣzut | |
|---|---|
| Senhaja de Srair tribe | |
 Taghzut's landscape | |
| Ethnicity | Senhaja de Srair |
| Location | Taghzout commune, Al Hoceïma Province |
| Population | 5,132 (2014 census) |
| Language | Senhaja de Srair language |
| Surnames | Artisan tribe[1] |
Taghzut (Senhaja De Srair: Taɣzut)[2] is a Berber tribe belonging to the Senhaja de Srair confederation, located in the central Rif Mountains of northern Morocco. Geographically and administratively, the tribe's historical territory centers in the rural commune of Taghzout within the Al Hoceïma Province.[3]
Taghzut is famous throughout the country for its handicrafts, leathercrafts, gunsmithing, and marquetry, and its artisans are considered among the most skilled in northern Morocco.[4][5][6][7][8]
Etymology
Taghzut is a Berber word that means strait, confluence, plot of land, riverside field, alluvial land.[4][9] The term directly reflects the local geography of the tribe's territory, which is situated in a fertile valley basin enclosed by the high, rugged mountains of the Rif range.[4][5][6]
During the spanish and the french colonial administrations of Morocco, Taghzut was transliterated into European records under the variant spellings of Tagsut, Tarhzout, and Taghzout.[7]
Demography and organization
According to the Moroccan census of 2014, Taghzut has a population of 5,132 people and 966 households.[3]
Historically, the tribe's central hub is located at Ulad Wartit.[3] The tribal territory is organized into two prominent fractions, namely:[10]
El Kalaa
- El Kalaa
- Ait Ikhlef
- Ait Bekkar
- Iouertiten
Es-sahel
- Tiririn
- Iguraren
- Tazarin
- Taria Mezzit
- Taria Ait Meryem
References
- ↑ Hart, David M. (2001). Muslim tribesmen and the colonial encounter in fiction and on film. Internet Archive. Amsterdam : Het Spinhuis Publishers. ISBN 978-90-5589-205-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ↑ The names of Morocco’s regions, provinces, cities and government ministries in the Berber language and the Arabic language.
- 1 2 3 Gutova, Evgeniya. Senhaja Berber Varieties : phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis). Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur.
- 1 2 3 أدرداك, عماد (2014). "قبائل "صنهاجة اسراير" بالريف: التسمية والأصول". revues.imist.ma (in Arabic) (3 ed.). Tidighin. Archived from the original on 2024-02-07.
- 1 2 Pascal Janin. "La marroquinería de Tagsut".
- 1 2 Coon, Carleton Stevens (1931). Tribes of the Rif.
- 1 2 Mikesell, Marvin W. (1961). Northern Morocco: a Cultural Geography. University of California Press.
- ↑ Tribal And Place Names Among The Arabo Berbers Of Northwestern Morocco.
- ↑ Mohand Akli Haddadou (2007). DICTIONNAIRE DES RACINES BERBERES COMMUNES (PDF). Haut Commissariat à l'Amazighité. p. 168.
- ↑ Adardak, Charif (2016). "Processus d'organisation territoriale de la Région de «Senhaja Sraîr» jusqu'à la fin du Protectorat espagnol (1956)". Revue "Tidighin" des Recherches Amazighes et Développement (in French). 0 (5). ISSN 2028-9782. Archived from the original on 2023-11-12.