Queen Nouna
Nouna or Noula[1] was a Christian queen of Morocco who reigned over the Canary Islands and Souss[2][3] during the Christian era.
Biography
[edit]Origins and realm
[edit]Nouna was an Amazigh Christian queen who, landing from the Canary Islands in the Atlantic, would have easily reigned over the Souss up to Saguia el-Hamra.[citation needed]
Noun would only be the derivative of Nouna which gave its name to her kingdom. According to the Spanish traveler Joaquín Gatell y Folch in 1864, she would be the godmother of the entire province of Noun.[4]
According to Odette du Puigaudeau, Queen Nouna engraved her name on the remains of the famous site of Agadir Nouna.[5] This site is located around Tiliwîn and also at Tizi-n-Tarroumit (the Christian lady's pass) on the left slope of Oued Assaka.[citation needed]
In some maps there is a city named Noun, indicated as the capital of the territory, while the real capital is today Augilmim. Noun now exists only in ruins.[6]
In a document that demarcates a property in the qsar of Tissegnan, we read: "the limits between [their] properties known at the ma'adar lazrag in the plain of Oued Nouna (bathat wad nûna)...", alluding to the Christian figure.[7]
Legacy
[edit]She would have had descendants, since in Asrir, the Amazighs claim to be descended from a Christian; while Oued Noun was founded by "Nouna en-Nasraniyya" (Nouna the Christian).[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Joumani, Ahmed (2007). L'oasis d'Asrir: éléments d'histoire sociale de l'Oued Noun (in French). Eddif. p. 46. ISBN 978-9954-1-0233-6. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
Oued Nûla
- ^ Joumani, Ahmed (2007). L'oasis d'Asrir: éléments d'histoire sociale de l'Oued Noun (in French). Eddif. p. 82. ISBN 978-9954-1-0233-6. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Salima, Naji (2012-06-01). Ksar d'Assa (in French). DTGSN. p. 12. ISBN 978-9954-9298-1-0. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Gaudio, Attilio (1985-01-01). Maroc saharien: Du Tafilalet au Rio de Oro (in French). FeniXX. p. 86. ISBN 978-2-7062-4078-2. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Agadir Nouna, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Morocco" (in anglais).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Bulletin de la Société de géographie (in French). Delagrave. 1869. p. 268. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Joumani, Ahmed (2007). L'oasis d'Asrir: éléments d'histoire sociale de l'Oued Noun (in French). Eddif. p. 82. ISBN 978-9954-1-0233-6. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Joumani, Ahmed (2007). L'oasis d'Asrir: éléments d'histoire sociale de l'Oued Noun (in French). Eddif. p. 88. ISBN 978-9954-1-0233-6. Retrieved 2024-07-31.