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Barqa (Cyrenaica)

برقة

Barqa (Cyrenaica), the nearer Maghreb between Egypt and Ifriqiya, its city Antabulus; Amr ibn al-As (may God be pleased with him) compounded with it after Alexandria's fall for a thirteen-thousand-dinar jizya in which they might sell whom they wished of their children; its people sent their kharaj to Egypt's governor unpressed — the most prosperous folk of the Maghreb, untouched by fitna — and among it the covenant-holding Berber village of Lawata, and Zawila whence Uqba ibn Nafi's first charge began.

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Maghreb
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Barqa: a region of the Lower Maghrib between Egypt and Ifriqiya, whose city is Antablus, according to al-Baladhuri. 1

After the conquest of Alexandria, Amr ibn al-As made peace with it for thirteen thousand dinars of poll-tax. Its people used to send their kharaj to the governor of Egypt without anyone urging them, and al-Baladhuri reports that they were the most fertile people of the Maghrib, and that no strife entered it. 1

In it is the village of Luwata of the Berbers, who were people of the covenant, and from it comes Zuwayla, where the first march of Uqba ibn Nafi came to an end. This place needs an additional source. 1

See the treaty of Barqa and the appointment of Uqba over Zuwayla.

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The Berbers
Site of
The Revolt of Abu Rakwa al-Umawi against al-Hakim· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina· The Treaty of Barqa (Antabulus)· Uqba ibn Nafi's Charge over Zawila and the Marches to Barqa· The Martyrdom of Zuhayr ibn Qays at Barqa

People and things also explored

Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan· Al-Kahina, Queen of the Berbers· Amr ibn al-As· Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers· The Killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim in His Prayer-Place· Lawata· Sanhaja· Muwatta 755

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan

Ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam, brother of Abd al-Malik. His father appointed him governor of Egypt in 65 AH, and he remained there for some twenty years, until 85 AH; he was one of the pillars of his brother's state. The book mentions his dispute with Hassan ibn al-Nu'man over the governorships of Barqa and Tripoli; then Hassan removed him from Ifriqiya and appointed Musa ibn Nusayr in his place. The book also says that he was amir of Egypt for more than twenty years, was the most generous of the Umayyad princes, and had a thousand jafna (large serving dishes) set out around his house every day.