نظام الري التقليدي بمنطقة وادي مزاب : بني يزقن دراسة حالة

Abstract EN

water is the basis of life, the teachings of the Islamic religion have paid great attention to him and maintain it in most of its legislation, which gave Muslim communitie - especially in the Algerian Sahara including the community mzabite - the ability to invent methods to preserve and exploit water rationally without extravagance, For this purpose, after field observations and careful observation of the movement of the valleys in the region, they constructed architectural structures that provide them with abundant water in an arid and scarce land, and achieve justice for all in benefiting from it.

over the centuries, they managed in difficult social and natural conditions to develop a coordinated and well-managed irrigation system that meets all human requirements for this substance, such as watering, drinking and use.

The sages of the five cities of M'zab valley in general and the city of Beni-Isguen in particular have developed an elaborate system for the good control of water sources, whether underground or surface available in the region and to exploit them rationally and thoughtfully, so what are the architectural structures they built for the purpose of equitable use of that water and What is its current status under the national policy for the protection of heritage, knowing that it is part of the classified World Heritage.

In this study, we tried to expose the most important water resources in the Algerian desert and the water installations that were completed by the inhabitants of the region for the good and fair use of water, and then we touched in detail on the facilities that were established in the oasis of Beni-Isguen (the model we chose for the study) To exploit flood water and groundwater