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Sijilmassah

medieval principality, North Africa

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association with Tafilalt oasis

In Tafilalt
…the Amazigh (Berber) stronghold of Sijilmassa, founded in 757 ce on the Saharan caravan route from the Niger River to Tangier. A prosperous city, it was destroyed in 1363, rebuilt by Mawlāy Ismāʿīl (1672–1727), and devastated in 1818 by Ait Atta nomads. The only planned village of the oasis, Rissani,…
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history of Islamic North Africa

In North Africa: The Banū Midrār of Sijilmāssah
…who founded the town of Sijilmāssah there in 757. Tafilalt had played a role in trans-Saharan trade before the influx and settlement of the Miknāsah. After the establishment of Sijilmāssah, however, it became the foremost centre of trans-Saharan trade in the western Maghrib. At the zenith of its power during…
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