At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
According to al-Mas'udi, the Ifranja (Franks) are the most fierce of the peoples descended from Yafith, the most formidable in their awe, the widest in their rule, the most numerous in their cities, and the best ordered and most obedient to their kings. 2
As al-Mas'udi describes them
Their word is united under one king. In his time the name of their royal seat was "Buyura", a great city, and they had about a hundred and fifty cities. Before Islam their first lands were the island of Rhodes, the island of Crete, Ifriqiya and Sicily. 2
Their kings
He names their kings from a book that Ghurmaz, bishop of Jarbida, sent as a gift to al-Hakam ibn Abd al-Rahman in the year 328 AH. The first of them was Qaludiya the Magian, whose wife Gharatla supported him, and among them in the days of al-Hakam, the ruler of al-Andalus, was Qarla ibn Tabin. The last of them, up to the year 332, was Ludhariq ibn Qarla. 3
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Connections
- Participated in
- Strife between the Franks and the Armenians· Frankish seaborne raid on the coast and the truce· Frankish raids on Syria· Frankish expedition to Syria; Sidon refortified· The Franks appear in Syria and march on Egypt· Frankish fleet sacks Fuwwa on the Egyptian coast· The Franks besiege and demolish Qal'at al-Tur
People and things also explored
al-Sham (Greater Syria)· Sayda (Sidon)· Damietta· Fuwwah· Strife between the Franks and the Armenians· Frankish seaborne raid on the coast and the truce· Frankish raids on Syria· Frankish expedition to Syria; Sidon refortified
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 357-359
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.357
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.359
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Franks (Ifranja)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/ifranja/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.