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Saladin, the Almohads and the BanÅ« GhÄniya
The Contest for North Africa (12th and 13th centuries)
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In Saladin, the Almohads and the BanÅ« GhÄniya, 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 BanÅ« GhÄniya 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.
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.
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.
'Das Buch, das mit einer sehr nützlichen kommentierten Ãbersicht über die von dem Verfasser benutzten Quellen endet, stellt eine substantielle Erweiterung unserer Kenntnisse über diese interessante, bisher aber zu wenig erforschte Periode der Geschichte Nordwestafrikas da'.
Stephan Conermann in: Sehepunkte 16 (2016), Nr. 3 [15.03.2016], URL: http://www.sehepunkte.de/2016/03/28684.html
'Students of North African history will benefit from Baadjâs use of heretofore ignored sources, in particular the Midmar of Ibn Taqi al-Din (d. 1220 CE). The domain of the Abbasids had fractured long before Saladin and the Almohads; it was not to be restored'.
Kenneth W. Meyer, Western Washington University, in African Studies Quarterly, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2017, pp. 83-84
Stephan Conermann in: Sehepunkte 16 (2016), Nr. 3 [15.03.2016], URL: http://www.sehepunkte.de/2016/03/28684.html
'Students of North African history will benefit from Baadjâs use of heretofore ignored sources, in particular the Midmar of Ibn Taqi al-Din (d. 1220 CE). The domain of the Abbasids had fractured long before Saladin and the Almohads; it was not to be restored'.
Kenneth W. Meyer, Western Washington University, in African Studies Quarterly, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2017, pp. 83-84
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 BilÄd al-SÅ«dÄn and the Sources of Gold
1.5 Northwest Africa down to the HilÄlÄ« 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-Mahdīya
2.3 Qafṣa and the Banū al-Rand
2.4 Tunis and the BanÅ« KhurÄsÄn
2.5 QÄbis and the BanÅ« JÄmiÊ¿
2.6 á¹¢fÄqus
2.7 The Hammadids in al-Maghrib al-Awsaá¹
Chapter 3: The Coming of the Almohads and the Rise of the BanÅ« GhÄniya
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 BanÅ« GhÄniya
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 á¹¢alÄḥ al-DÄ«n and the Ayyubids in Egypt
Chapter 5: The Ayyubids and the West
5.1 á¹¢alÄḥ al-DÄ«nâs Interest in the Maghrib
5.2 Sharaf al-DÄ«n QarÄqÅ«sh and the Conquest of Libya and IfrÄ«qiya
Chapter 6: The Almohad Response under al-Manṣūr
6.1 Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr Reconquers Ifrīqiya
6.2 The Correspondence Between á¹¢alÄḥ al-DÄ«n and YaÊ¿qÅ«b al-Manṣūr
Chapter 7: The Long Career of YaḥyÄ b. GhÄniya
7.1 YaḥyÄ b. GhÄniya Conquers IfrÄ«qiya
7.2 The Almohads Capture the Balearic Islands
7.3 The Caliph al-NÄá¹£ir Invades IfrÄ«qiya
7.4 YaḥyÄ Expands his Raids throughout the Almohad Empire
7.5 The Death of QarÄqÅ«sh
7.6 The End of the BanÅ« GhÄniya and the Transition to Hafsid Rule in IfrÄ«qiya
Chapter 8: Conclusion
8.1 An Appraisal of á¹¢alÄḥ al-DÄ«nâs MaghribÄ« Policy
8.2 The Legacy of the BanÅ« GhÄniya and QarÄqÅ«sh in North Africa
Appendix A: Primary Sources
A.1 Maghribī Historians
A.2 Mashriqī Historians
A.3 Geographers and Travelers
Bibliography
Tables
1. Amirs of the BanÅ« GhÄniya
2. Almohad Caliphs
Maps
1. Libya
2. IfrÄ«qiya and Al-Maghrib al-Awsaá¹
3. Al-Maghrib al-Aqá¹£Ä
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
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 BilÄd al-SÅ«dÄn and the Sources of Gold
1.5 Northwest Africa down to the HilÄlÄ« 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-Mahdīya
2.3 Qafṣa and the Banū al-Rand
2.4 Tunis and the BanÅ« KhurÄsÄn
2.5 QÄbis and the BanÅ« JÄmiÊ¿
2.6 á¹¢fÄqus
2.7 The Hammadids in al-Maghrib al-Awsaá¹
Chapter 3: The Coming of the Almohads and the Rise of the BanÅ« GhÄniya
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 BanÅ« GhÄniya
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 á¹¢alÄḥ al-DÄ«n and the Ayyubids in Egypt
Chapter 5: The Ayyubids and the West
5.1 á¹¢alÄḥ al-DÄ«nâs Interest in the Maghrib
5.2 Sharaf al-DÄ«n QarÄqÅ«sh and the Conquest of Libya and IfrÄ«qiya
Chapter 6: The Almohad Response under al-Manṣūr
6.1 Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr Reconquers Ifrīqiya
6.2 The Correspondence Between á¹¢alÄḥ al-DÄ«n and YaÊ¿qÅ«b al-Manṣūr
Chapter 7: The Long Career of YaḥyÄ b. GhÄniya
7.1 YaḥyÄ b. GhÄniya Conquers IfrÄ«qiya
7.2 The Almohads Capture the Balearic Islands
7.3 The Caliph al-NÄá¹£ir Invades IfrÄ«qiya
7.4 YaḥyÄ Expands his Raids throughout the Almohad Empire
7.5 The Death of QarÄqÅ«sh
7.6 The End of the BanÅ« GhÄniya and the Transition to Hafsid Rule in IfrÄ«qiya
Chapter 8: Conclusion
8.1 An Appraisal of á¹¢alÄḥ al-DÄ«nâs MaghribÄ« Policy
8.2 The Legacy of the BanÅ« GhÄniya and QarÄqÅ«sh in North Africa
Appendix A: Primary Sources
A.1 Maghribī Historians
A.2 Mashriqī Historians
A.3 Geographers and Travelers
Bibliography
Tables
1. Amirs of the BanÅ« GhÄniya
2. Almohad Caliphs
Maps
1. Libya
2. IfrÄ«qiya and Al-Maghrib al-Awsaá¹
3. Al-Maghrib al-Aqá¹£Ä
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
All interested in the history of the medieval Maghrib in particular and medieval Africa and the medieval Mediterranean in general.