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 conquered; 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.1188 - c.1195);	Almohad Caliphate; Hafsids; Qaraqush's Domain (c.1185-1187);
Commanders and leaders
Ali Ibn Ghaniya [ca]; Yahya Ibn Ghaniya [ca]; Qaraqush (1185- c.1189);	Abu Yusuf; Muhammad al-Nasir; Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs; Abdallah; Abu Zakariya Yahya; Qaraqush (c.1185-1187);
Units involved
Unknown	20,000 Cavalry (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

^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1971). A history of the Maghrib. Internet Archive. Cambridge [Eng.] University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-07981-5.

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: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam. pp. 354–355. ISBN 9789753894517.

[1] Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1971). A history of the Maghrib. Internet Archive. Cambridge [Eng.] University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-07981-5.

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Banu Ghaniya invasion of North Africa

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