Barghawata

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.

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Vinony's link graph records 219 inbound references to Barghawata, and connects out to Maghreb, Berbers and Fatimid Caliphate.

Vinony files it under 1058 disestablishments, 740s in the Umayyad Caliphate and 744 establishments.

Vinony links it to 27 Wikipedia language editions.

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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dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1058-00-00
inception: 0744-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Religion
Tribes
Barghawata rulers
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barghawata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.