تجارة القوافل بالصحراء و تنظيمها من طرف الإدارة الاستعمارية خلال القرن 19 : المكتب العربي بجيرفيل أنموذجا

Abstract EN

Along the historical periods, trade has been the most important economic resource for peoples of clans and tribes, and at the same time it served as one of the pillars to stabilize any political authority in a region.

Therefore, what happened in Algeria was viewed as an evident example.

It happened specifically in its Sahara during the 19th century, when it was under the French occupation that adopted the principle of expansion and the realization of the comprehensive occupation of Algeria.

For that it employed all military and political means.

Hence, trade was one of the peaceful means that contributed to the peaceful colonial tide and incursion between clans and tribes.

Accordingly, for its political importance, the colonial administration gave special attention to the caravans trade and arranged for it a special system to supervise it through a local administration through the Arab Bureau, which was under its tutelage.

Therefore, this paper attempts to answer the following questions: "How was the status of the caravans trade under the supervision of the Arab Office? To what extent did it first contribute to the French expansion towards south and secondly to look beyond it towards Sudan? And how did this Bureau organize the caravans? What are the consequences of this caravans trade politically and economically?