Guddala
كدالة
Guddala of the Sanhaja veil-wearers; their homeland the southern waste from the Sudan lands facing Miknasa and Dra'a — for a while kings over the Sudan in early Islam and the nearest of the veiled tribes to the settled lands; with Lamtuna and Jadala they formed the Almoravids' first da'wa under Abdallah ibn Yasin and Yahya ibn Ibrahim al-Jadali.
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Maghreb · West Africa & Sahel
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Gaddala are one of the branches of the veiled Sanhaja. Their homelands were the southern desert from the lands of the Sudan to the country facing the lands of Meknes and Draa. 1
Ibn Khaldun says that at the beginning of Islam they were, for a time, kings over the Sudan, and that they were the branch of the veiled peoples nearest to the lands of Islam. Among them, and among the Lamtuna and the Jaddala, the first call of the Almoravids was formed at the hands of Abd Allah ibn Yasin and Yahya ibn Ibrahim al-Jaddali. 1
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Guddala”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/guddala/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.