Banu Ghaniya invasion of North Africa

Banu Ghaniya Invasion of North africa
Date	November 1184-1237/1238
Location	Maghreb
Result	Invasion repelled and Balearic islands conquerd; Weakening of Almohad rule over Ifriqiya; Destruction of Qarakush's domain;
Belligerents
Banu Ghaniya; Various Arab and Berber tribes (Banu Hilal and Sanhaja); Qaraqush's Domain (1185- c.1189 and 1191- c.1195);	Hafsids; Qaraqush's Domain; (c.1189-1191)
Commanders and leaders
Ali Ibn Ghaniya [ca]; Yahya Ibn Ghaniya [ca]; Qaraqush (1185- c.1189 and 1191- c.1195);	Abu Yusuf; Muhammad al-Nasir; Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs; Abdallah; Abu Zakariya Yahya; Qaraqush; (c.1189-1191)
Units involved
Unknown	20,000 Calvary (1187)

The Banu Ghaniya invasion of North Africa sometimes referred to as the Banu Ghaniya Rebellion was a series of military campaigns undertaken by the Banu Ghaniya against the Almohads in hopes of re-establishing the Almoravid dynasty from November 1184 to 1237/1238.^[1]

References

ISBN 978-0-521-07981-5
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Bibliography

Baadj, Amar S. (2015). Saladin, the Almohads and the Banu Ghaniya. Leiden: Brill.
ISBN 978-90-04-29620-6
.

Öngül, Alı (2001). KARAKUŞ, Şerefeddin - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia Of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 24 Kaani - Kastamonu). Istanbul:
ISBN 9789753894517
.

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[1] ISBN 978-0-521-07981-5
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