مدينة تلمسان في المصادر التاريخية المملوكية : نصوص سياسية لبدر الدين محمود العيني في كتابه عقد الجمان

Abstract EN

The city of Tlemcen is an Islamic metropolis par excellence, and the evidence for this is the material and intangible effects that strike deep in history, which confirm the identity of the Arab-Islamic city, tinged with local and Andalusian characteristics.

The city is mentioned in the earliest history, geography and travel books, It was well-known to Al-Mashareqiya for being the capital of the Central Maghreb region and its state during the era of the Almoravids and the Almohads, then the capital of the Kingdom of Bani Abd al-Wad al-Zayani since the year 633 AH / 1236 CE.

Mamluk historians wrote about it, including the historian Badr al-Din Mahmud al-Ayni, who died in the year 855 AH / 1451 CE, in his book " eaqd aljamaan fi tarikh 'ahl alzamana".

Through this article, we will present the texts dated to the city of Tlemcen in the book of Al-Aini, highlighting their sources and their scientific value, following the analytical and critical historical method, as our contribution to drawing the attention of researchers to such texts in the history of Tlemcen and the Islamic West.