Daghaghra
| Daghaghra الدغاغرة | |
|---|---|
| Banu Sulaym Arab tribe | |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Nisba | ad-Daghari |
| Location | Tunisia |
| Parent tribe | Ouled Selim of Ouderna |
| Language | Arabic |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Daghaghra, also spelled Deghaghra, Deghagha (in arabic : الدغاغرة) or Ould Daghri,[1] are an Arab tribe integrated into the Ouerghemma confederation in southern Tunisia.
Origins
[edit]The Daghaghra originate from the Ouled-Selim fraction of the Ouderna tribe, one of the major fractions of the Ouerghemma.[2] Although the Ouerghemma are Berbers, the Daghaghra and many related clans are Arab Bedouins, from the Banu Sulaym, who joined the tribe.[3][4][5]
History
[edit]Descended from the Ouled-Selim, along with the other clans that contributed to this fraction (Ouled-Debbab, Ouled-Chehida and Adjerda), they lived around the ksar of Guettoufa and had arable land, both located in the territory of the Ouled-Abd-el-Hamid, another fraction of the Ouderna.[2] André Louis described them as lords due to their nomadic status, while sedentary people were described as serfs of the Bedouins.[6] As members of the Ouderna confederation, the Daghaghra and other allied tribes were described at the beginning of the 20th century as great nomadic raiders much feared by their neighbors, before being sedentarized and becoming herders and farmers described as peaceful.[7][8]
Administration
[edit]The Daghaghra were attached to the qaidate of the Ouerghemma under the French protectorate of Tunisia.[9]
Subdivisions
[edit]The tribe is composed of three sub-fractions scattered over several villages or camps:[10]
- Ouled Abd Allah
- Er Rekhaïça
- El Mkaraa
Notable figures
[edit]- Ahmed ben Amor Larbi, sheikh of the Daghaghra[11]
- Ali ben Mabrouk, chaouch of the Oulad Abdallah[12]
- Mohamed Bourkhis al-Daghari, poet of the Daghaghra[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Mohamed Hassan (1999). المدينة و البادية بإفريقية في العهد الحفصي [La ville et le désert en Afrique à l'époque hafside] (in Arabic). Vol. 1. Tunis: Faculté des sciences humaines et sociales de Tunis. p. 280. ISBN 978-9973-922-48-9..
- ^ a b Association française pour l'avancement des sciences (1896). La Tunisie: histoire et description (in French). Paris: Berger-Levrault. p. 477..
- ^ "تطاوين التونسية موطن الديناصورات والقصور الصحراوية والتآخي بين الأعراق" [Tataouine, Tunisia: Land of dinosaurs, desert ksour and interethnic brotherhood]. Al-Quds Al-Arabi (in Arabic). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2024..
- ^ "مدينة تطاوين في تونس" [The city of Tataouine in Tunisia]. mawdoo3.com (in Arabic). 12 April 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2024..
- ^ Mohamed Bouzrara (2000). التخوم التونسية الليبية عبر التاريخ [The Tunisian-Libyan borders through history] (in Arabic). Sousse: Saidane. p. 145. ISBN 978-9973251244..
- ^ Manel Znadi (2018). Habiter la grotte à Tataouine (South Tunisia): from dug house to built house (in French). Aix-en-Provence: Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman. pp. 140–141..
- ^ Émile Violard (1905). La Tunisie du Nord (in French). Vol. 1. Tunis: Société anonyme de l'imprimerie rapide. p. 38..
- ^ Jean Thomas (1939). À travers le Sud Tunisien (in French). Paris: Société d'éditions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales. p. 45. ISBN 978-2-402-59218-5.
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- ^ Secrétariat général du gouvernement tunisien (1900). Nomenclature et répartition des tribus de Tunisie (in French). Chalon-sur-Saône: Imprimerie de E. Bertrand. p. 296..
- ^ "À l'honneur". Climats (in French). 5–11 July 1951. Retrieved 27 September 2024..
- ^ Auguste Sebaut (1896). Dictionnaire de la législation tunisienne (in French). Dijon: Sirodet-Carré. p. 393..
- ^ Noura Oueslati (2019). تمثل البداوة : مقاربات في التاريخ الثقافي بين المغاربي والمحلي [Representing Bedouinism: cultural history approaches between Maghrebi and local] (in Arabic). Tunis: Sotumedias. p. 78. ISBN 978-9938918434..