Banu Khattab | |||||||||
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Capital | Zawila | ||||||||
Religion | Islam ( Ibadi) | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
• | Abdallah Ibn Khattab al-Hawwari | ||||||||
• | Muhammed ibn al-Khattab | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 918/919 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c.1177 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Libya |
Banu Khattab was a wealthy Ibadi dynasty of Hawwara origin that thrived off of the Trans-Saharan slave trade. It ruled over Zawila and the surrounding oases in the Fezzan region from 918/919 until 1172–1177 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] when it was sacked and conquered by the Armenian-Mamluk Qaraqush. [2] [6] The instability created by Qaraqush was exploited by the Kanem, who under the reign of Dunama Dabbalemi had seized control of the Fezzan, establishing a new capital at Traghan, a few miles west of Zawila. [7]
They would later go on to rule the Fezzan again under the nominal control of the Hafsids in the 15th century. [2] [8]
Banu Khattab | |||||||||
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Capital | Zawila | ||||||||
Religion | Islam ( Ibadi) | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
• | Abdallah Ibn Khattab al-Hawwari | ||||||||
• | Muhammed ibn al-Khattab | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 918/919 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c.1177 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
Today part of | Libya |
Banu Khattab was a wealthy Ibadi dynasty of Hawwara origin that thrived off of the Trans-Saharan slave trade. It ruled over Zawila and the surrounding oases in the Fezzan region from 918/919 until 1172–1177 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] when it was sacked and conquered by the Armenian-Mamluk Qaraqush. [2] [6] The instability created by Qaraqush was exploited by the Kanem, who under the reign of Dunama Dabbalemi had seized control of the Fezzan, establishing a new capital at Traghan, a few miles west of Zawila. [7]
They would later go on to rule the Fezzan again under the nominal control of the Hafsids in the 15th century. [2] [8]