Capture of Tahert (909)

Capture of Tahert
Part of Fatimid conquest of the Rustamids

A map of the Central Maghreb (Maghreb al-Awsat) showing the city of Tahert 'Tahort' from al-Idrisi's map, 12th century.
Date26 August 909[1]
Location
Tahert (present-day Tagdemt, Algeria)
Result

Fatimid victory

  • Destruction of the Rustamid State
  • Tahert was annexed to the Fatimid Caliphate
Belligerents
Fatimid Caliphate Rustamid Imamate
Commanders and leaders
Ghazwiyya ibn Yusuf Yaqzan ibn Muhammad
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 8,000 killed[2]

The capture of Tahert or the Siege of Tahert occurred on August 26, 909 AD, at the city of Tahert (present-day Tagdemt),[3] when the Fatimid army led by Ghazwiyya ibn Yusuf besieged and toppled the city,[4] leading to the end of the Rustamid state, the surviving population migrated to Ouargla, from where they later moved to the Mzab region in the 11th century.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Al-Shamrani, Amal Bint Saleh (2021). "Factors in the Weakness and Fall of the Rustamid State in the Central Maghreb (296 AH / 909 AD)" (PDF). The Center for Historical Research and Studies, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
  2. ^ O'Leary, De Lacy (2013-08-21). A Short History of the Fatimid Khalifate. Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-136-37545-3.
  3. ^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1971). A history of the Maghrib. Internet Archive. Cambridge University Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-521-07981-5.
  4. ^ Ibn Khaldun (2016-01-01). The History of Ibn Khaldun (Volumes 1-7), known as 'The Book of Lessons, and Record of Beginnings and Events in the History of the Arabs and Foreigners and Berbers' - Volume 6 (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah. p. 130.
  5. ^ Love, Jr; Love, Paul M.; Jr (2013). "Djerba and the Limits of Rustamid Power. Considering the Ibāḍī Community of Djerba under the Rustamid Imāms of Tāhert (779-909CE)". Al-Qanṭara. 33 (2): 297–323. ISSN 1988-2955.
  6. ^ Aillet, Cyrille (2016-06-01). "L'ibadisme maghrébin en contexte fatimide (début xe-milieu xie siècle)". Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée (in French) (139): 127–146. doi:10.4000/remmm.9467. ISSN 0997-1327.

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