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Lamtuna

لمتونة

The greatest of the veiled Sanhaja tribes of the Sahara, from whom the Almoravid state arose; their chieftaincy lay in the Banu Wartantaq house of Yahya ibn Ibrahim al-Juddali whose hajj brought them the jurist Abd Allah ibn Yasin, and their amirs were Yahya ibn Umar, his brother Abu Bakr, and their cousin Yusuf ibn Tashfin.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
West Africa & Sahel · Maghreb
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Overview

Lamtuna are the greatest branch of the veiled Sanhaja of the desert (Sanhaja), and the Almoravid state came out of them, according to Ibn Khaldun. 1

Their leadership

Their leadership was in Banu Wartantaq, the house of their emir Yahya ibn Ibrahim al-Jaddali. He made the pilgrimage and brought them the jurist Abd Allah ibn Yasin. Among their emirs were Yahya ibn Umar, his brother Abu Bakr, and their cousin Yusuf ibn Tashfin. 1

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Member of
Sanhaja

People and things also explored

The Berbers· Sanhaja

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.1645
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The Berbers

The Berbers in al-Baladhuri on Abdallah ibn Salih's report: they claim descent from Barr ibn Qays — but God gave Qays no son called Barr; rather they are of the Jabbarin whom Dawud fought, whose seats in ancient days were Palestine, the people of Amud — who came to the Maghreb and multiplied there; of them are Lawata, the covenant-holders of Barqa, and the Antabulus folk excepted in Amr ibn al-As's sermon.