Barqa (Cyrenaica)
برقة
Barqa (Cyrenaica), the nearer Maghreb between Egypt and Ifriqiya, its city Antabulus; Amr ibn al-As compounded with it after Alexandria's fall for a thirteen-thousand-dinar jizya in which they might sell whom they wished of their children; its people sent their kharaj to Egypt's governor unpressed — the most prosperous folk of the Maghreb, untouched by fitna — and among it the covenant-holding Berber village of Lawata, and Zawila whence Uqba ibn Nafi's first charge began.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Connections
People and things also explored
Al-Kahina, Queen of the Berbers· Amr ibn al-As· Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers· The Killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim in His Prayer-Place· Lawata· Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani· Uqba ibn Nafi' al-Fihri
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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