Maghrawa
Berber confederation in 10th–11th centuries / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Maghrawa or Meghrawa (Arabic: المغراويون) were a large Zenata Berber tribal confederation whose cradle and seat of power was the territory located on the Chlef in the north-western part of today's Algeria,[1][2][3] bounded by the Ouarsenis to the south, the Mediterranean Sea to the north and Tlemcen to the west.[4][5] They ruled these areas on behalf of the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba at the end of the 10th century and during the first half of the 11th century.
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Maghrawa Dynasty المغراويون | |||||||||||
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988–1069 | |||||||||||
Status | Dynasty | ||||||||||
Capital | Oujda | ||||||||||
Common languages | Berber, Arabic | ||||||||||
Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
Government | Emirate, tribal confederacy | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 988 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1069 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Algeria Morocco |
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