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Medieval history · Article The Almohads: Doctrine, Government and a Changing Empire From Ibn Tumart’s community at Tinmel to Abd al-Mumin’s conquests and the successor states of the thirteenth century.
Medieval history · Article The Almoravids: From Saharan Reform to an Empire Across the Strait Sanhaja networks, Marrakesh, Maliki scholarship and al-Andalus: how a religious movement became an imperial government.
Medieval history · Article The Barghawata: A Kingdom Known Through Unequal Sources What medieval accounts and modern scholarship can establish about the Barghawata, their attributed scripture and their political world.
Medieval history · Article The Hafsids: Tunis, Ifriqiya and a Mediterranean Kingdom The dynasty that grew from Almohad government in Ifriqiya, with Tunis at the centre of trade, diplomacy and cultural life.
Medieval history · Article The Hammadids: Qal’a Beni Hammad, Béjaïa and the Central Maghreb The dynasty that emerged from the Zirid world, built a monumental inland capital and developed a coastal centre at Béjaïa.
Medieval history · Article The Kutama and the Rise of the Fatimids: From the Maghreb to Cairo How Kutama alliances helped establish the Fatimid caliphate in 909, why the coalition was contested, and how its history connects the central Maghreb with Egypt.
Medieval history · Article The Marinids: Fez, Scholarship and the Politics of the Maghreb The rise of the Banu Marin, their capital at Fez, campaigns across the Maghreb and the architectural evidence of their rule.
Medieval history · Article The Revolt Beginning in 740: Why Umayyad Rule Fractured in the Maghreb Military grievances, taxation, religious arguments and the limits of empire in eighth-century North Africa.
Medieval history · Article The Rustamids and Ibadi Networks: Tahert Beyond the Dynasty An imamate, a ruling family and networks of learning and commerce: the Rustamids in eighth- and ninth-century North Africa.
Medieval history · Article The Zayyanids and the Kingdom of Tlemcen A dynasty of the central Maghreb whose capital joined political rivalry, commerce, scholarship and distinctive architectural patronage.
Medieval history · Article The Zirid Dynasty: From Fatimid Governors to Regional Rulers Sanhaja leadership, Fatimid connections, the Hammadid split and the changing cities of medieval Ifriqiya.
Medieval history · Article Islamisation and Arabisation in North Africa: What Changed — and When? Two different processes, often confused. Conversion to Islam was relatively rapid; the shift to Arabic took centuries and is still incomplete. Here is how each unfolded.