Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Independent Rule of the Maghreb Frontier
استقلال عبد الرحمن بن حبيب بثغر المغرب
between 743 and 752 CE
In al-Baladhuri: when al-Walid ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik rose, Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri opposed him — beloved in that frontier for his grandfather Uqba ibn Nafi's traces there — and prevailed over it, Hanzala withdrawing; Yazid ibn al-Walid sent no governor to the Maghreb, and when Marwan ibn Muhammad rose, Abd al-Rahman corresponded with him, showed obedience and sent gifts — his scribe being Khalid ibn Rabi'a al-Ifriqi, between whom and Abd al-Hamid ibn Yahya ran friendship and letters — so Marwan confirmed him over the frontier; then Ilyas ibn Habib ruled after him, then Habib ibn Abd al-Rahman, then the Berbers and the Ibadis of the Khawarij prevailed.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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In time
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Connections
- Had participant
- حنظلة بن صفوان الكلبي· عبد الرحمن بن حبيب الفهري
- Occurred at
- Ifriqiya
People and things also explored
Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Raid on Sus and the Sudan Lands· The First Raid on Ifriqiya and the Killing of Its Patrikios· The Founding of Qayrawan· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina· Harun's Appointment of Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab over the Maghreb· Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers· The Killing of Kulthum ibn Iyad in Ifriqiya· The Killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim in His Prayer-Place
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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