الملح في مدن المغرب الاسلامي : دراسة في كتابات الجغرافيين العرب حتى القرن السادس الهجري

Abstract EN

Salt study formed a new vision in the study of the economic history of the Islamic Maghreb cities, as it is one of the basic materials that contributed to the economy of cities and its elaboration, due to its close connection with the human being.

It is a versatile mineral substance that was used in the preservation and storage of foods.

Morocco, as the salt formed a material for commercial exchange with the people of the cities, the caravans carried it and traveled long distances through the desert, to reach it to the most distant regions, as well as the effective role that he had in the trade, especially with the countries of Sudan, as the commercial movement between the countries of Morocco and Sudan became active The western region in that period, which had an abundant benefit to the two regions, and the results of it are clear evidence of the importance that it occupied in a number of cities as a result of exchanging it for gold, as a number of species emerged and contributed effectively to enriching the cities of Morocco, such as Tantal salt and salt of Aulil.

The research also aims to shed light on the most prominent texts mentioned by the Arab geographers on the existence of salt in the cities of the Islamic Maghreb in terms of its presence, types, and places of extraction, and it is worth noting that this study relied primarily on geographical literature, such as Al-Bakri, Ibn Hawqal and Al-Idrisi, And an unknown author, and Ibn Hawqal, these books have provided us with valuable information about salt and its whereabouts, and the great benefit that has prevailed in the cities of Morocco by extracting it, as these.