Les Figures De La Mobilité Du Pouvoir Makhzanien

During the reign of Moulay Ismail (1672-1727). This sovereign, resolutely determined to limit the rise of tribal power, undertook the establishment and maintenance of a permanent security support composed of seventy-six Qasbahs. He was traveling in person, little concerned about the distances to be covered and the exorbitant cost of these tours. However, the expeditions to the neighboring countries were intended to put an end to the many Ottoman incursions. The makhzen uses each time, retaining the same ritual. The second relates to the symbolic war effort that gives meaning to the harka. These two elements, namely physical presence and symbolic breakthrough, together constitute a leverage of the Makhzanian power. It goes without saying that the two traits are inseparable, each draws his reverence from the other.