Hawwara
هوارة
Hawwara of the Baranis Berbers; tent-dwellers and townsmen whose lands ran from Tripoli toward Barqa and their eponymous Jabal Hawwara in Ifriqiya — Abd al-Wahid ibn Yazid of them joined Ukasha al-Fazzari against Hanzala ibn Safwan and fell in 124 AH, Yahya ibn Fawnas rose on Yazid ibn Hatim in 156, Mujahid ibn Muslim marched with Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's campaigns, and noted men of them crossed to al-Andalus with Tariq.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Overview
Hawwara are branches of the Baranis, among the Berber tribes. They were settled nomads, and some of them crossed the sand into desert lands. 1
Their homelands were on the side of Tripoli and what lies beyond it in Barqa, and the Hawwara mountain, named after them, in Ifriqiya. 1
Ibn Khaldun says that among them was Abd al-Wahid ibn Yazid, who rose against Handhala ibn Safwan together with Ukasha al-Fazari, and defeated and killed them in the year 124 AH. Yahya ibn Funas of them rose against Yazid ibn Hatim in the year 156 AH. Mujahid ibn Muslim of them was among the commanders of Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib. Named men of them also crossed to al-Andalus with Tariq. 1
This needs a second source: all the dates here come from one source.
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Hawwara”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/hawwara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.