Mas'ud ibn Zammam al-Balat
مسعود بن زمام البلاط
Mas'ud ibn Zammam 'al-Balat', a leading amir of the Nafusa mountains in revolt against the Almohad Abd al-Mu'min — joined Qaraqush's Turkish corps in 568 and took Tripoli with him 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- military · Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Mas'ud ibn Zammam, known as Mas'ud al-Balat, one of the notable amirs of the Nafusa mountains. 2
Against the Almohads
He was in revolt against the authority of Abd al-Mu'min. 2
In 568 AH he joined Qaraqush, the mamluk of Taqi al-Din Umar, and they agreed, and their numbers grew. They descended on Tripoli in the West, and it was taken. 2 See Qaraqush's taking of Tripoli and Qaraqush.
Connections
- Participated in
- Qaraqush's conquest of Tripoli (568 AH)
- Allied with
- Sharaf al-Din Qaraqush
People and things also explored
Qaraqush's conquest of Tripoli (568 AH)· Sharaf al-Din Qaraqush· Tripoli (Libya)
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 47
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.47
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islam.museum contributors. “Mas'ud ibn Zammam al-Balat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/masud-ibn-zammam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.