Masmuda
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Masmuda, among the greatest Berber tribes; of the Baranis in the genealogists' count, their homeland the Darn mountains and plains of the Far Maghreb, the plateaux toward Marrakesh and the Sus — their branches Hintata, Barghawata and Banu Hinta — from them rose the state of the Mahdi Ibn Tumart and the Almohads, and in early Islam they held the Sufrite creed until caliphs and their servants turned them from it by the sword.
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
Masmuda are among the greatest Berber tribes, and among the branches of the Barnas according to the genealogists. Their homelands are the Dern mountains and their plains in the far Maghrib. 1
In Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun says that among their branches were Hintata, Barghawata, Bana and Hinta, and that the state of the Mahdi ibn Tumart and the Almohads arose among them. He says that at the beginning of Islam they followed the Safriyya of the Kharijites, until the caliphs and their worshippers turned them back from it. 1
See also the Almohads, and the Berbers.
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Masmuda”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/masmuda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.