جوانب من تاريخ مملكة تادمكة في ضوء نتائج الحفائر الاثارية و شواهد القبور من منتصف القرن الثالث حتى نهاية القرن السادس للهجرة 9-12 م

Abstract EN

This study presents one of the Islamic kingdoms that has arisen in the eastern part of the Sahara region, separating between the Islamic Maghreb countries and the Western Sudan Empires.

It is Tadmekka Kingdom, ruled by Berber Senhaja of Banu Tanmak.

The time period of the study extends from the middle of the third Hijri century to the end of the sixth Hijri century.

The study is based on the results of archaeological excavations, funerary inscriptions on tombstones and some non-funerary inscriptions on rocks as well as on variable authentic documents which were presented at the same era of some geographers’, wanderers’ and historians’ researches as well as biographies of Maliki and Ibadi Tabaqat.

The study will follow the historical research methodology with its different tools such as narration, monitoring, analysis, criticism and causation, using the thematic division and considering the chronological order of events.

It also takes advantage of auxiliary sciences of studying History especially Archaeology.

The study seeks to answer some important questions: When did Islam spread in Tademekka? Was it a city or a kingdom? What were the salient features of the social, economic and political life in Tademekka? Finally, an important question arises such as what were the factors and causes that have led to the regression of Tademekka and its disappearance from documents?