The Miknasa (Berber: Imeknasen) was a Zenata Berber tribe of the Maghreb. The Miknasa Berbers historically populated the Aurès and are part of the Dharisa...
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hoping to expand their influence, and used the Miknasa as proxies and allies in the region. In 917 the Miknasa and its leader Masala ibn Habus, acting on...
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first settled by Miknasa tribesmen, who gave it its name: Miknasa Taza, similar to Miknasa al-Zeitoun (present-day Meknes, another Miknasa settlement). The...
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an-Nasr in northern Morocco, where the Miknasa besieged them. Soon after, however, civil war broke out among the Miknasa when Musa switched allegiance to the...
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Idrisids were ousted in 927 by the Fatimid Caliphate and their Miknasa allies. After Miknasa broke off relations with the Fatimids in 932, they were removed...
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Musa ibn Abi'l-Afiya (category Miknasa)
Musa ibn Abi'l-Afiya (موسى بن أبي العافية) was a Miknasa Berber chieftain who ruled the western Maghreb for the Fatimid Caliphate before defecting to...
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909, had to be retaken by the Fatimid general Masala ibn Habus of the Miknasa tribe. The first Fatimid expeditions to what is now northern Morocco occurred...
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Fez in Morocco had been contested between the Zenata Berber tribes of Miknasa, Maghrawa and Banu Ifran for the previous half century, in the aftermath...
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Idrisids were ousted in 927 by the Fatimid Caliphate and their Miknasa allies. After Miknasa broke off relations with the Fatimids in 932, they were removed...
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(10th–11th century AD) Caliphate of Córdoba Fatimid Caliphate Ifranids Miknasas Maghrawas Empire (beginning 11th century AD) Almoravids Almohads Marinids...
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with a Berber tribe called the Miknasa who settled this region around the 10th century. A group of small unfortified Miknasa villages known as miknāsat al-zaytūn...
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dynasty of the taifa of Badajoz, in what was then Al-Andalus. He was a miknasa berber from the Córdoba region. Ibn al-Aftas became the vizier of Sabur...
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city in 927 and expelled the Idrisids definitively, after which their Miknasa (one of the Zenata tribes) were installed there. The city, along with much...
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(10th–11th century AD) Caliphate of Córdoba Fatimid Caliphate Ifranids Miknasas Maghrawas Empire (beginning 11th century AD) Almoravids Almohads Marinids...
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divergent points of view. The Barghawatas, along with the Ghomara and the Miknasa, launched the Berber Revolt of 739 or 740. They were fired up by Sufri...
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Bargawata Berber confederation in Morocco in the 770s.: 169 In 768, a Miknasa Berber named Shaqya ibn Abd al-Walid declared himself a Fatimid imam, claiming...
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Idrissids were ousted in 927 by the Fatimid Caliphate and their Miknasa allies. After Miknasa broke off relations with the Fatimids in 932, they were removed...
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(10th–11th century AD) Caliphate of Córdoba Fatimid Caliphate Ifranids Miknasas Maghrawas Empire (beginning 11th century AD) Almoravids Almohads Marinids...
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an-Nasr in northern Morocco, where the Miknasa besieged them. Soon after, however, civil war broke out among the Miknasa when Musa switched allegiance to the...
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(10th–11th century AD) Caliphate of Córdoba Fatimid Caliphate Ifranids Miknasas Maghrawas Empire (beginning 11th century AD) Almoravids Almohads Marinids...
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considered a Festival of Tourist Interest in Aragon. The name comes from Miknasa, a Berber tribe that built a defensive settlement at Mequinenza Castle...
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executed. Abu al-Qasim Samgu bin Wasul al-Miknasi, chief of a branch of the Miknasa tribe, became the leader of the town. This Abu al-Qasim and his descendants...
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(Sabta), Spain Marrakesh (Marrākush), Morocco Salé (Salā), Morocco Meknes (Miknāsa), Morocco Sijilmasa (Sijilmāsa), Morocco Alexandria (al-Iskandarīya), Egypt...
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(10th–11th century AD) Caliphate of Córdoba Fatimid Caliphate Ifranids Miknasas Maghrawas Empire (beginning 11th century AD) Almoravids Almohads Marinids...
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sent forces to combat him. The Banu Maghrawa, the Banu Ifran and Banu Miknasa joined the Al Andalus forces landing at Tangier, soon receiving reinforcements...
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(10th–11th century AD) Caliphate of Córdoba Fatimid Caliphate Ifranids Miknasas Maghrawas Empire (beginning 11th century AD) Almoravids Almohads Marinids...
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Midrarid dynasty (category Miknasa)
are reported. According to the first, the family was founded by a Sufri Miknasa Berber, Samgu ibn Wasul. Samgu led the establishment of the town of Sijilmasa...
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is driven out. The city of Sijilmasa (modern Morocco) is founded by the Miknasa, a Zenata Berber tribe. They adopt Kharijism-Islam, and establish the Emirate...
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Fatimid dynasty – Algeria within the Fatimid Caliphate Kutama Maghrawa Miknasa Sulaymanid dynasty (814–922) Zirid dynasty (972–1148) Awlad Mandil Banu...
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(10th–11th century AD) Caliphate of Córdoba Fatimid Caliphate Ifranids Miknasas Maghrawas Empire (beginning 11th century AD) Almoravids Almohads Marinids...
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