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Abu Qurra al-Yafrani

أبو قرة اليفرني

Abu Qurra al-Yafrani al-Zanati, one of the Yafranid chiefs holding the Tlemcen marches at the dawn of the Abbasid state; king of his people there, he besieged the Umayyad governor Umar ibn Hafs at Tubna until he forced him back to Ifriqiya — among the earliest great men of Zanata in the Middle Maghreb before the da'wa settled on the later Yafranids Muhammad ibn Salih and his son Ya'la.

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Ruler · military-commander
Era
The Umayyad Period
Region
Maghreb
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Overview

Abu Qurra al-Yafrani al-Zanati, one of the chiefs of the Banu Yafran in the region of Tlemcen at the start of the Abbasid state. 1

His account in Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun says he was king over his people in that region, and he besieged Umar ibn Hafs, the Umayyad governor, at Tubna until he forced him to return to Ifriqiya. 1

Ibn Khaldun counts him among the notable Zanata of the early period in the central Maghrib, before leadership later settled with the Banu Yafran in Muhammad ibn Salih and his son Ya'la. 1

Notes for researchers

  • The data do not record the page number or the year of his death, which need an additional source.

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Banu Yafran (Yafranids)

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Ya'la ibn Muhammad al-Yafrani· Banu Yafran (Yafranids)

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Ya'la ibn Muhammad al-Yafrani

Ya'la ibn Muhammad ibn Salih al-Yafrani, amir of Zanata in the Maghreb; succeeding his father killed by a Maghrawa partisan, he founded the city of Ifkan, answered al-Nasir's Umayyad call, took and razed Wahran in 343, beat the Fatimid eunuch Maysur's men at Tahert, and his sultanate swelled until the khutba for al-Nasir rang from Tahert to Tangier — he crossed to jihad in Andalus, then in 347, when the Fatimid katib Jawhar marched west, Ya'la rushed to submit and renounced the Umayyad pact; Jawhar feigned acceptance, sprung an ambush, and Ya'la died choked on Kutama and Sanhaja spears, Ifkan razed and the first Yafranid state ended.