Tamasna (Berber: Tamesna, ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵏⴰ, ) is a historical region between Bou Regreg and Tensift in Morocco. It includes the modern regions of Chaouia, Doukkala, Abda, Rhamna, Sraghna and Chiadma. The indigenous population is that of Barghwata who were driven by the Almoravids, subsequently the Almohads installed Bedouin 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. According to the 16th century Andalusian author Leo Africanus the Bedouins held the region for fifty years before suffering displacement by the Lamtuna. Subsequently, the Marinid dynasty granted the Tamasna region to the Zenata and Hawwara confederations, who established dominant military and political control over the province by the early modern period. describing the geography and history of the region, he writes in the Description of Africa:
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