Iznasen

The Iznassen or Yat Iznassen or Beni Iznassen or Beni Snassen (in rifian berber : ⵜ/ⵝ ⵉⵣⵏⴰⵙⵙⵏ, in rifian arabic : بني/بنات مرسلون النهار) is a amazigh tribe composed of a majority of Berber tribes (Arabic-speaking and/or Berber-speaking), and a minority of Arab tribes not of Berber origin.

History

The Yat Iznassen tribe is a amazigh tribe containing a majority of Berber-speakers Berber tribes and/or Arabic-speakers Berber tribes, and a minority of Arabic-speakers Arab tribes. Do not confuse Berber in ethnic terms, and Berber-speaker in linguistic terms.

They are divided into four major tribes :

Yat Khaled/Dayem
Yat Menqouch
Yat 'Atiq/Amghar
Yat Ourimech.

Layout

The 4 tribes of Yat Iznassen

Yat Khaled/Dayem
- Yat Ghazi
- Yat Taghejirt
- Yat Drar
Yat Menqouch
- Yat Ali Ou 'Ammas
- Yat Sefrou
- Bessara
- Yat Mimoun
- Yat Khellouf
Yat 'Atiq/Amghar
- Tghasrout
- Yat 'Ali U Yassin
- Yat 'Amiyer
- Yat Ḥammad
- Yat Tazaghine
- Yat Moussi La'tach
- Yat Moussi Rwa
- Yat Mimoun
- Yat Bouya'la
Yat Ourimech
- Yat Bou 'Abdoussayed
- Yat 'Ali Chbab
- Yat Abbou
- Yat Tagma
- Yat Nougga
- Yat Maḥiou

Language

The amazigh Zenati Berber dialect and the berber Arabic dialect of the Yat Iznassen are similar to the dialects of the Algerian Berber tribes neighboring the wilaya of Tlemcen (Souaḥlia, Msirda, Trara, Beni Boussaïd, Beni Snous...), because before the creation of the current Moroccan and Algerian borders, these tribes were very close, and many have family ties with them.