Ghumara
غمارة
Ghumara, the Berber tribe of the Ghumara mountains and the Rif between Tangier and the Malwiyya; their Islam came in the Umayyad state through Salih ibn Mansur al-Himyari, who built Nekour — they embraced the Idrisid da'wa with famous resorts and stations, were proverbial in Ibn Khaldun's day for sorcery and soothsaying, and counted Banu Razin and Banu Wursikh among their great clans, holding their mountains under successive Maghreb kings into his own time.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period · The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Overview
Ghumara are a Berber people, inhabitants of the Ghumara mountains and the Rif country in the far Maghrib, between Tangier and the Moulouya. 1
They embraced Islam in the Umayyad state at the hands of Salih ibn Mansur al-Himyari, and they built the city of Nukur. They adopted, from the call of the Idrisids, shrines and monuments. According to Ibn Khaldun, those of the earlier period were known for practising sorcery and soothsaying. 1
Among their greatest clans were Banu Razin and Banu Warsikh. Their affairs continued in their lands under the banners of the successive kings of the Maghrib, up to the time of Ibn Khaldun. 1
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Ghumara”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/ghumara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.