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Zughba

زغبة

Zughba of the Hilal ibn Amir branches; a great mass in the Zanata lands who won the districts of the Zab and Biskra out toward Tlemcen's marches — long wars and battles ran between them and the Banu Ya'la amirs of Tlemcen, and most of the Arab captains in the Middle Maghreb's fitnas under the Abd al-Wadids and Marinids came of them.

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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

Zughba is a branch of Banu Hilal ibn Amir. Ibn Khaldun says that their homelands were in the lands of Zanata, and that they were a great many people. 1

Their history

The districts of al-Zab, Biskra and what lies between them up to the regions of Tlemcen came under their rule. There were wars and long encounters between them and Banu Ya'la, the emirs of Tlemcen. 1

Ibn Khaldun says that most of the Arab commanders in the strife of the central Maghrib came out from among them, in the time of the Banu Abd al-Wad and the Banu Marin. 1

A second source is needed: the dates, and a second source other than Ibn Khaldun.

Connections

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Part of
Banu Hilal

People and things also explored

Athbaj· Riyah ibn Hilal· Banu Hilal

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Athbaj

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.