Habt
The Habt (Arabic: بلاد الهبط) is a historical and geographical region located in northwest Morocco.
Toponymy[]
The place name « Habt » means « descent » and probably dates back to Idrisids.[1]
Geography[]
The Habt is characterized by the presence of plains and mountains. It comprises the plains of Rharb and and part of Jebala (mountain region).[2]
Leo Africanus — diplomat and explorer of North Africa of 15th and 16th centuries — has described:[2]
« Cette province prend son commencement au fleuve du côté du Midy et de celui de tramontane se termine à la ; devers ponant confine avec les marets d' et de la partie du levant aux montagnes, qui sont sur le , ayant de longueur cent mille et octante en largeur. »
History[]
The Habt was part, because of its promiscuity with the territory of al-Andalus, the first Arabized areas in Morocco.[3]
According to Leo Africanus, a province of Habt (‘amalat al-Habt) was founded in the time of Wattassid.[1] Two centuries later, under the Alaouites, the region of the Jebala and (nāḥiyat Jbāla wa al-Faḥṣ) has supplanted administratively.[1]
The Almohads installed a fraction of the Banu Hilal, a tribe of Najd, built in the 12th century to the Moroccan guich.
According to Ibn Khaldun — historian of North Africa — has described:[4]
« Les tribus de Djochem et de Rîah s'étant alors empressées de faire leur soumission, il les déporta dans le Maghreb-el-Acsa où il établit la première dans la province de Temsna, et la seconde dans le canton d' et dans les régions maritimes d'Azghar, province située entre Tanger et Salé. »
See also[]
- Jebala (mountainous region, part of which is the Habt).
- Plains of Rharb (one of the plains Habt).
- Spanish protectorate in Morocco (Habt having been under the protectorate from 1912 to 1956).
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c , paragr. 8.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Michaux-Bellaire 1911, p. 1.
- ^ .
- ^ Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique septentrionale, Ibn Khaldûn, p. 97
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