المجاعات و الأوبئة في قسنطينة خلال سنة 1866-1868 من خلال كتاب مجاعات قسنطينة لمؤلفه صالح بن محمد بن العنتري

الملخص EN

This studyis a historical vision, through which we explain the spread of diseases, epidemics and famines in the Maghreb during the 19th century AD, which concerns the Constantine region, which historical sources recorded for us about the severity of the famines that I knew, especially in the years 1866-1868 AD.

Because of pandemics such as the French drought, during whose reign the effects of famine and epidemics aggravated, as the epidemicaffected the poor groups more and cause dmiserable conditions, and itsse verity varied according to regions, and Constantine was the mostaffected, especially after the increase in grain prices, and food ran out of stores, and the people of Constantine resorted to eating carrion, This is what led to the spread of diseases such as cholera, typhus, etc., and acts of violence and looting by the people multiplied, which increased the severity of poverty in Constantine.

That is why we will deal with the subject of the research, the famine that affected Constantine during the 19th century AD, relying on the book The Famines of Constantine in favor of bin Muhammad al-Antari, who presented to us in his book the various famines, epidemics and dead lydiseases thats wept Constantine at the end of the Ottoman Empire and the beginning of the French occupation, because the author had experienced During this period, he elaborated on their causes as well as their consequences, in addition to speaking about the role of wars and conflicts in creating such crises during the 19th century.