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Athbaj

الأثبج

The Athbaj of the Hilal ibn Amir branches; of them Siraj by Barqa and Iyadh at Jabal al-Qal'a — their bands settled the Zab's villages over the earlier Zanata and conquest folk until all the Zab's people bore their name, of them the Banu Muzni amirs of Biskra, the first of Hilal's divisions to win a homeland in Ifriqiya and the most village-settled.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Maghreb
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Overview

Al-Athbaj is a branch of Banu Hilal ibn Amir. 1

Some of them settled in Barqa, and Iyad settled at the Mountain of the Fortress. Their Ifriqiya branches settled the villages of al-Zab, among those who were there before them from the Zanata and the forerunners of the conquest, and the people of al-Zab became known through them. Among them were the Banu Muzni, the emirs of Biskra. 1

They were the first of the Hilali peoples to settle in Ifriqiya, and the most settled in villages. 1

Connections

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Part of
Banu Hilal

People and things also explored

Riyah ibn Hilal· Zughba· Banu Hilal

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Riyah ibn Hilal

Riyah ibn Hilal of the Hilal ibn Amir branches, the most numerous and proudest of the Maghreb's Arab divisions; their lands around Constantine, the Selm and the Zab, with the Utba branch near Bijaya and a great mass in the Far Maghreb — Ibn Hazm names them 'Banu Riyah who ruined Ifriqiya', and of them Banu Ali the Gabes amirs of Banu Jami' and other Arab chiefs.