Barghawata
Sign in to saveThe Barghawatas (or Barghwata, Berghouata) were a Berber tribal confederation and religious movement that ruled a region of the Atlantic coast in present-day Morocco between the 8th and 11th centuries. They belonged to the Masmuda confederacy.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Barghawata
- Country.common_name
- Barghawata Confederacy
- Country.era
- Middle Ages
- Country.government_type
- MonarchyTribal confederacy(29 tribes)
- Country.year_start
- 744
- Country.year_end
- 1058
- Country.p1
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Country.s1
- Almoravid dynasty
- Country.image_map
- NE 800ad.jpg
- Country.image_map_caption
- Western Eurasia and North Africa c. 800, showing the Barghawata
- Country.common_languages
- Berber (Lisan al-Gharbi)
- Country.religion
- Official : Islam-influenced Traditional Berber religion (adopted by 12 tribes)Other : Islam (Khariji)(adopted by 17 tribes)
- Country.title_leader
- King
- Country.leader1
- Tarif al-Matghari
- Country.year_leader1
- 744
- Country.today
- Morocco
- Country.leader2
- Abu Mansur Isa
- Country.year_leader2
- 961
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- Etymology
- History
- Religion
- Tribes
- Barghawata rulers
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The Barghawatas (or Barghwata, Berghouata) were a Berber tribal confederation and religious movement that ruled a region of the Atlantic coast in present-day Morocco between the 8th and 11th centuries. They belonged to the Masmuda confederacy.
After allying with the Sufri rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate, they established an independent state (AD744-1058) in the area of Tamesna on the Atlantic coast between Safi and Salé under the leadership of Tarif al-Matghari.
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