Miknasa

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The Miknasa (Berber: Imeknasen) was a Zenata Berber tribe of the Maghreb.[1]

The Miknasa Berbers historically populated the

Tahert.[6] In antiquity Ptolomey referred to three groups whom had inhabited a certain mountain range which can now be identified as the Ouarsenis, one of these three peoples were the Μυκίνοι whom were most likely the Miknasa, Edrisi had also mentioned the Miknasa as one of the tribes that inhabited the Ouarsenis.[7]

The modern Moroccan city of Meknes, which took its name from them,[8] bears witness to their presence, as does the Spanish town of Mequinenza.[9]

After defeat by the Umayyads, many of the Miknasa converted to Islam.[10] In 711, members of the tribe took part in the conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom under Tariq ibn Ziyad. They settled north of Córdoba and in the 11th century founded the Aftasid dynasty in Badajoz.[11]

Another group of the Miknasa took part in the successful massive

Fatimids. However, when the Miknasa chief Al-Mutazz allied himself with the Fatimids, the Miknasa were driven out of Sijilmasa by the Maghrawa, who were allies of the Umayyads.[citation needed
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A further group of Miknasa were allied with the Fatimids against the Umayyads, and overthrew the

Salihids from northern Morocco in 917.[18][19][20] But they could not maintain their resistance to the Magrawa in northern Morocco permanently, and, weakened by the struggle, they were subdued by the Almoravids in the 11th century.[21]

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References

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  2. ^ Les Berbers dans l'histoire: De Ziri à Hammad Mouloud Gaïd Editions Mimouni
  3. ^ Kitāb el-istiqça li akhbār doual el-Maghrib el-Aqça, Volume 30Aḥmad ibn Khālid Salāwī‬ Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner
  4. ^ History of Morocco Henri Terrasse Éditions Atlantides
  5. ^ Field Studies in Libya John Innes Clarke
  6. ^ Zerouki, Brahim. L'Imamat de Tahart: Histoire politico-socio-religieuse. France: L'Harmattan, 1987.”Les Miknassa, traditionnellement, avaient pour demeure les Awras ainsi que la région située au nord de ces montagnes (228). Ils y sont en effet signalés par Ibn Haldun (229) qui situe son propos au moment des bouleversements qui provoquèrent la fondation de Tahart, ainsi que par Al Ya'qubi (230) ainsi que par Al Bakri (231)”
  7. ^ Essai sur la province Romaine de Maurétanie Césarienne. 1891. pp.75-76.
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  13. ^ Encyclopédie du dix-neuvième siècle: répertoire universel des sciences, des lettres et des arts, avec la biographie et de nombreuses gravures. Au Bureau de l'Encyclopédie du XIXe Siècle, 1867.
  14. ^ Bellil, Rachid. Ksour et saints du Gourara: dans la tradition orale, l'hagiographie et les chroniques locales. C.N.R.P.A.H., 2003. p.84. “La chute de la capitale des Ibadites maghrébins favorisera les Miknassa ( surtout les Banu Midrar ) qui nomadisaient au sud de Tahart et développeront Sidjilmasa pour tirer profit du commerce avec le pays des Noirs”
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