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The First Entry of the Arab Tribes into Ifriqiya

أول دخول العربان إلى إفريقية

c. 1048 CE · 440 AH

Ifriqiya

In 440 al-Mu'izz b. Badis raised the da'wa in the Maghreb for the Abbasid al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah and cast off the obedience of the Fatimid al-Mustansir; al-Mustansir sent an army of Arabs to fight him — the first entry of the Arab tribes into Ifriqiya: Banu Riyah and Banu Zughba, whose story lengthens beyond telling 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Maghreb
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1030104010501060 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Summary

In 440 AH al-Mu'izz ibn Badis proclaimed in the Maghrib the call of the Abbasid caliph al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, and he renounced obedience to the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir 1.

The Arab tribes

Al-Mustansir sent an army of Arabs against him. That was the first entry of the Arabs into Ifriqiya: the Banu Riyah and the Banu Zughba 1.

What followed

Their affairs went on for a long time. Ibn Khaldun reports that the Hilali Arabs spoiled the roads and villages in the days of al-Mu'izz until they ruined Ifriqiya 2.

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People and things also explored

Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Independent Rule of the Maghreb Frontier· The First Raid on Ifriqiya and the Killing of Its Patrikios· The Founding of Qayrawan· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina· Harun's Appointment of Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab over the Maghreb· Ifriqiya's rising and reconquest (27 AH)· Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers· The Killing of Kulthum ibn Iyad in Ifriqiya

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 264
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 264; tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 1634
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Independent Rule of the Maghreb Frontier

In al-Baladhuri: when al-Walid ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik rose, Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri opposed him — beloved in that frontier for his grandfather Uqba ibn Nafi's traces there — and prevailed over it, Hanzala withdrawing; Yazid ibn al-Walid sent no governor to the Maghreb, and when Marwan ibn Muhammad rose, Abd al-Rahman corresponded with him, showed obedience and sent gifts — his scribe being Khalid ibn Rabi'a al-Ifriqi, between whom and Abd al-Hamid ibn Yahya ran friendship and letters — so Marwan confirmed him over the frontier; then Ilyas ibn Habib ruled after him, then Habib ibn Abd al-Rahman, then the Berbers and the Ibadis of the Khawarij prevailed.