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Banu Salama of Qal'at Tawghzut

بنو سلامة أصحاب قلعة تاوغزوت

Banu Salama, holders of Qal'at Tawghzut in Jabal Wansharish, chiefs the Banu Yadlaten of the Tujin folk — the stoutest and most numerous of its branches, who settled al-Ja'bat and Tawghzut after Banu Qadi and Banu Madun; some fraternised with the Kharijites in their da'wa, and their chief Nasr ibn Umar ibn Uthman gave bay'a to al-Mas'ud ibn Bu Zayd ibn Khalid ibn Abd al-Rahman when he held Tlemcen — their Tawghzut kingship lasted into the fitnas of the Marinids and the era of Abu Ziyyan ibn al-Sultan Abi Sa'id, about 783 AH.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Maghreb
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Overview

Banu Salama, lords of the fortress of Tawghzut in the mountain of Wanshrish. Their chiefs were Banu Yadallatan, from the branches of Tujin, and they were the most powerful and most numerous of them. 1

Dwellings

They settled al-Ja'abat and Tawghzut after Banu Qadi and Banu Madun. 1

Their history

Some of them sympathised with the Kharijites in their call. Their chief Nasr ibn Umar ibn Uthman al-Mas'ud ibn Bu Zayd ibn Khalid ibn Abd al-Rahman pledged allegiance to him when he took Tlemcen. They fought Adi ibn Sultan and his people, and the outcome was theirs. 1

Their rule over Tawghzut continued until the days of Abu Zayyan ibn al-Sultan Abu Sa'id and the strife of the Banu Marin, and in the year 783 AH. 1

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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