Banu Matkud
قلعة بني متكود | |||||||||
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| Capital | Misrata | ||||||||
| Largest city | Mazara del Vallo | ||||||||
| Religion | Ibadism Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Currency | Tarì[1] | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Libya Malta sicily | ||||||||
Banu Matkud or Castle of Ibn Matkud (قلعة ابن متكود (Arabic)) was a Hawwara or Laguatan[2] city-state in Misrata from the 9th century[3][4] to 1128 AD.[5] Its members were hostile to the Berbers.[6]: 196 and ruled as a sect of the Mellila tribe holding large portions of Tripolitania with their first chief Umar al matkudi[7][8]
Rise
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Banu Matkud were an Ibadi of Hawwara who were associated Nafusa Mountains a large tribal confedrate[9] and the elite frontier of both the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century and the Fatimid Caliphate which granted them the castle of Mazara del Vallo and a autonomous rule,[3] allowed their port city to become an important maritime trade port.[10] while their main trade were mainly to Djerid.[11]
According to the Geographer Ibn Hawqal the rulers would pay Zakat to the Governor of Tripoli.[12] and were documented to establish Library named Dar al kutub in Egypt[13]
Colonization of Malta
[edit]During the reconquest of Malta, Banu Matkud along with the Nefzaoua and the Zenata would establish settlements and colonies. They likely became a significant portion of the Maltese demographics.[14]
Ibn Rashiq's time in Mazara
[edit]Ibn Rachiq was an Azdi poet and anthropologist who was born in M'Sila and traveled to the modern-day city of Tunis where he studied under Muhammad al-Khushani.[15]
After insulting the Zirids rulers and the Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya, Ibn Rachiq would flee to Mazara, there seeking the refuge of the general Amari Qaid al-Matkudi, where he would remain until his death in 1071.[16][17][18][19]
References
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- ↑ Blanchard, p. 196
- ↑ مسعود, مزهودي، (2005). جبل نفوسة: منذ انتشار الإسلام حتى هجرة بني هلال إلى بلاد المغرب، 21-442ه 642-1053م (in Arabic). مؤسسة تاوالت،.
- 1 2 Molinari, Alessandra; Meo, Antonino (2021-12-30). Mazara/Māzar: nel ventre della città medievale (secoli VII-XV). Edizione critica degli scavi (1997) in via Tenente Gaspare Romano (in Italian). All'Insegna del Giglio. pp. 17&18. ISBN 978-88-9285-046-0.
- ↑ Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies. The Institute. 2004.
- ↑ Geography of misrata (PDF). p. 142.
- ↑ 11.-The-Arabs-in-Malta.-870-1150.-S.-Fiorini-and-M.R.-Zammit.-MC-2016-179-208.pdf
- ↑ Rebstock, Ulrich (1983). Die Ibāḍiten im Maġrib (2./8.-4./10. Jh.): die Geschichte einer Berberbewegung im Gewand des Islam (in German). K. Schwarz. ISBN 978-3-922968-28-3.
- ↑ تابليت, عمر (2011-01-01). هوارة ودورها في تاريخ بلاد المغرب: منذ بداية حركة الخوارج : أواخر القرن 1 هـ - 7 م حتى انتهاء ثورة أبي زيد مخلد بن كيدان 335 هـ - 946 م (in Arabic). Al Manhal. ISBN 9796500342306.
- ↑ Lewicki, Tadeusz (1962). Les historiens: biographes et traditionnistes ibādites-wahbites de l'Afrique du Nord du Vllle au XVle siècle (in French). Polska Akademia Nauk, Oddzia Krakowie, Komisja Orientalistyczna.
- ↑ Alshaar, Nuha (2024-09-30). Muslim Sicily: Encounters and Legacy. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-3995-3684-4.
- ↑ Studi magrebini (in Italian). Istituto universitario orientale. 1991.
- ↑ شكر, عبد الفتاح فتحى ابو حسن. الإحياء بعد الإنساء - الجزء الاول (in Arabic). ktab INC. p. 50.
- ↑ Kaʻʻāk, ʻUthmān (1965). الحضارة العربية في حوض البحر الأبيض المتوسط، (in Arabic). جامعة الدول العربية، معهد الدراسات العربية العالية،.
- ↑ Classica Melita (PDF). pp. 196&205.
- ↑ "Ibn Rashiq". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-0885. Archived from the original on 2025-03-18.
- ↑ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Jr, Professor Henry Louis Gates (2012-02-02). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
- ↑ Yaḥyá, al-Shādhilī Bū (1999). الحياة الادبية بافريقيا فى عهد بنى زيرى : الدوله الصنهاجية 362-555هـ/972-1160م (in Arabic). وزارة الثقافة،المجمع التونسي للعلوم والٱداب والفنون، بيت الحكمة،. ISBN 978-9973-929-50-1.
- ↑ الشرق الأوسط في موكب الحضارة (in Arabic). مكتبة النهضة المصرية،. 1959.
- ↑ Redazione, Comitato di. "Mokarta, Italo Balbo e la lapide ballerina | Dialoghi Mediterranei" (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-07-17.