Living on the Edge of the Sahara: A Study of Traditional Forms of Habitation and Types of Settlement in Morocco |
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Page 211
... Moulay Is- maël which , as we shall see in the Appendix , were built in the period 1672 to 1727 , 76 in all . De Foucauld described the Berber kasba in the centre of Kasba Tadla , Doutté that of Ahmid - douch , 30 km from Safi and that ...
... Moulay Is- maël which , as we shall see in the Appendix , were built in the period 1672 to 1727 , 76 in all . De Foucauld described the Berber kasba in the centre of Kasba Tadla , Doutté that of Ahmid - douch , 30 km from Safi and that ...
Page 291
... Moulay Idris , which dates from the time of Moulay Ismael , also forms the centre of Fes . On the Kairouiyine bank stand 6 medersas , four of which are located immediately around the Kairouiyine mosque : es - Seffarin ( the first ...
... Moulay Idris , which dates from the time of Moulay Ismael , also forms the centre of Fes . On the Kairouiyine bank stand 6 medersas , four of which are located immediately around the Kairouiyine mosque : es - Seffarin ( the first ...
Page 295
... Moulay el - Hasan towards the end of the last century to make the city into a unit by building a wall has not had the slightest effect . This is easy to explain from a historical point of view . Originally both places were independent ...
... Moulay el - Hasan towards the end of the last century to make the city into a unit by building a wall has not had the slightest effect . This is easy to explain from a historical point of view . Originally both places were independent ...
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agadir Aït alley Almohads Almoravids amghar Ammeln Anti-Atlas Arab architecture Atlantic plains Basset Berber Berber kasba building built caids Capot-Rey central room centre century Chleuh courtyard CROSS SECTION decoration Derb Rhabet district door douar dwelling house entrance Fes Jdid form of dwelling forms of habitation gate grain granary grotto ground floor High Atlas igerm inhabitants Islamic city Jacques-Meunié kasba kelâa kitchen ksar ksar house ksour Laoust lay-out LIVING ROOM loam makhzen Marrakech medina Meknes mellah Meunié Middle Atlas Montagne Moroccan Morocco mosque Moulay mountain house mountain village nomads nouala occupied Ouarzazate patio PORCH Rabat region Rhabet et-Tben ribat Roman roof terrace sedentary set-up settlement side Sidi slopes Souk staircase stands stone STORAGE straw street structure taddart Tadoula Tafilalt taqbilt Tarhaout tent Terrasse tighremt Tirhermt towers town transhumants tribes upper floor usually VOID walls wooden zaouia