Saladin, the Almohads and the Banū Ghāniya: The Contest for North Africa (12th and 13th Centuries)

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29620-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib

In Saladin, the Almohads and the Banu Ghaniya, Amar Baadj gives us the first comprehensive, modern study of a fascinating but little-known episode in the history of the medieval Mediterranean. This is the story of the long struggle between the Almohad caliphs of the Maghrib, the Banu Ghaniya of Majorca, and the Ayyubids for dominance of North Africa.

The author makes use of important textual sources that have been ignored as well as new archaeological evidence to challenge some of the basic assumptions about the events in question. He also successfully places these events in their wider temporal and geographical context for the first time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baadj, Amar S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Einzelne Gruppen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Transliteration
List of Tables
List of Maps

Introduction

Chapter 1: Setting the Stage
1.1 Geography
1.2 The Berbers
1.3 Trade Routes
1.4 Bilad al-Sudan and the Sources of Gold
1.5 Northwest Africa down to the Hilali Invasion (Mid-Eleventh Century)

Chapter 2: The Eastern Maghrib in the Period of City-States and Petty Dynasties
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Zirid State in al-Mahdiya
2.3 Qafsa and the Banu al-Rand
2.4 Tunis and the Banu Khurasan
2.5 Qabis and the Banu Jami'
2.6 Sfaqus
2.7 The Hammadids in al-Maghrib al-Awsat

Chapter 3: The Coming of the Almohads and the Rise of the Banu Ghaniya
3.1 The Almoravids and the Realignment of the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
3.2 The Almohads and the Unification of the Maghrib
3.3 The Emergence of the Banu Ghaniya
3.4 The Invasion of Africa

Chapter 4: The Emergence of a New Order in Egypt
4.1 Economic Conditions in Egypt under the Fatimids
4.2 The Rise of Salah al-Din and the Ayyubids in Egypt

Chapter 5: The Ayyubids and the West
5.1 Salah al-Din’s Interest in the Maghrib
5.2 Sharaf al-Din Qaraqush and the Conquest of Libya and Ifriqiya

Chapter 6: The Almohad Response under al-Mansur
6.1 Ya'qub al-Mansur Reconquers Ifriqiya
6.2 The Correspondence Between Salah al-Din and Ya'qub al-Mansur

Chapter 7: The Long Career of Yahya b. Ghaniya
7.1 Yahya b. Ghaniya Conquers Ifriqiya
7.2 The Almohads Capture the Balearic Islands
7.3 The Caliph al-Nasir Invades Ifriqiya
7.4 Yahya Expands his Raids throughout the Almohad Empire
7.5 The Death of Qaraqush
7.6 The End of the Banu Ghaniya and the Transition to Hafsid Rule in Ifriqiya

Chapter 8: Conclusion
8.1 An Appraisal of Salah al-Din’s Maghribi Policy
8.2 The Legacy of the Banu Ghaniya and Qaraqush in North Africa

Appendix A: Primary Sources
A.1 Maghribi Historians
A.2 Mashriqi Historians
A.3 Geographers and Travelers

Bibliography

Tables
1. Amirs of the Banu Ghaniya
2. Almohad Caliphs

Maps
1. Libya
2. Ifriqiya and Al-Maghrib al-Awsat
3. Al-Maghrib al-Aqsa
4. Medieval West Africa and the Three Axes of the Trans-Saharan Trade
5. Upper Egypt, Nubia, Red Sea Basin
6. North Africa and the Mediterranean World in the Age of the Almohads

Über Autor(innen)

Amar S. Baadj, Ph.D. (2012), University of Toronto, is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg in the University of Bonn, Germany. He has published articles about the history of the medieval Maghrib and Egypt.