Awlad Mandil

The emirate of Awlad Mandil, of the Maghrawa, in the Wadi Shelif and the lands of the central Maghrib. Ibn Khaldun says that they restored kingship to their people after the Khazar family had died out. ¹

Their origin is Abd al-Samad ibn Muhammad ibn Khazrun, one of the Banu Khazrun, kings of Tripoli. He fled to the Aures mountain, then to Zawawa, then to the remnants of the Maghrawa in Shelif, and intermarried with them. His son became known as the Banu Muhammad, and then as the Khazriyya. ¹

Among them was Abu Nas, whom the Almohads gave the Wadi Shelif as a fief. His son Abd al-Rahman grew up proud of his lineage, the Maghrawa tribes rose against him, and he had precedence in the Almohad state. He had two sons, Mandil and Tahim. ¹

Al-Abbas ibn Mandil became ruler, and fought the sons of Yaghmurasan and the Banu Abd al-Wad over Tlemcen. Their state perished in the strife of the Marinids. ¹

A second source is needed: the dates, and a second source other than Ibn Khaldun.