Living on the Edge of the Sahara: A Study of Traditional Forms of Habitation and Types of Settlement in Morocco |
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... makhzen , the area where the central authority was established . Six differences are immediately apparent : 1. a difference in form of administration between the bled el - makhzen and the bled es - siba ( 15 ) . The form of ...
... makhzen , the area where the central authority was established . Six differences are immediately apparent : 1. a difference in form of administration between the bled el - makhzen and the bled es - siba ( 15 ) . The form of ...
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... makhzen the situation is entirely different . From high to low per- sonal power plays a big part here . At the head of the makhzen stood the ruler , who since the days of the Almoravids had borne the title of emir , commander of the ...
... makhzen the situation is entirely different . From high to low per- sonal power plays a big part here . At the head of the makhzen stood the ruler , who since the days of the Almoravids had borne the title of emir , commander of the ...
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... makhzen cities one finds the palace of the Sultan , the government buildings , the barracks and the parade grounds and sometimes also a pleasure garden2 ( in Marrakech 3 X 1.5 km ) . Close to the barracks quarter there is in many cases ...
... makhzen cities one finds the palace of the Sultan , the government buildings , the barracks and the parade grounds and sometimes also a pleasure garden2 ( in Marrakech 3 X 1.5 km ) . Close to the barracks quarter there is in many cases ...
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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