Tadla is a historical and geographical region ofMorocco, located in the center of the country, north of theHigh Atlas mountain range and west of theMiddle Atlas. It is the region of origin of the eponymous collection of tribal, semi-nomadic pastoralist population, the Tadla tribes.

Nowadays, the historical region of Tadla is mainly part of the administrative region ofBéni Mellal-Khénifra, except for the historical territory of the Beni Meskine tribe, which is part of theCasablanca-Settat administrative region.

The Tadla region was one of the first regions ofMorocco that was conquered by the Muslims during the 7th century. The region was relatively green and had a good agricultural potential, thus its name, Tadla, which comes from theAmazigh orStandard Moroccan Amazigh word "tadla" (written:ⵜⴰⴷⵍⴰ) meaning "the sheaf" (of wheat).^[1]

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The population of the Tadla is traditionally divided into 9 tribes, mainly of Arab origin:

• Aït Robʿa tribe: occupying the western part of the modernBeni Mellal Province, formed underMoulay Ismael (r. 1672–1727) by the merging of an original Tadla tribe (Beni Mellal) with threeGuich tribes (Guettaya,Samguet andBeni Maʿdane)^[2]
• Beni ʿAmir tribe: occupying the northern part of the modernFquih Ben Salah Province
• Beni Khirane tribe: occupying the northwestern part of the modernKhouribga Province
• Beni Meskine tribe: occupying the southern part of the modernSettat Province, formerly part of the Tadla confederacy, joined theChaouia confederacy in the 19th century
• Beni Moussa tribe: occupying the southern part of the modernFquih Ben Salah Province
• Beni Zemmour tribe: occupying the eastern part of the modernKhouribga Province
• Ouardigha tribal confederacy: occupying the central and the western parts of the modernKhouribga Province; confederacy formed by 3 tribes:Oulad Bahr Kbar,Oulad Bahr Sghar andSmaʿla.^[3]

• (in French) Cpt. R. Peyronnet, "History of the Tadla from the origins to 1910" (French:Histoire du Tadla des origines à 1910), in: Bulletin de la Société de Géographie d'Alger et de l'Afrique du Nord, 24th y. (1919), pp. 49–62
• (in Arabic) A. M. Qasimi,"History of the Bani ʿAmir tribe and the neighbouring Tadla, 1188-1956" (Arabic:تارخ قبيلة بني عمير والمحيط التادلي، 1188م - 1956م), D.N. (2005)

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