Banu Ghaniya invasion of North Africa

12th-13th century military campaigns

Banu Ghaniya Invasion of North africa

| Date| November 1184-1237/1238

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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.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 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

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

## Bibliography

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* 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.