Battle of Sebiba
The Battle of Sebiba is a battle that took place near the Tunisian town of Sebiba in the year 1065 between the tribes of Riah, Zughba, and Banu Sulaym[1]on the one hand and the tribes of Zenata, Sanhaja, and Athbaj on the other hand.[2][page needed]
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Hammadids Zanata Sanhaja |
Banu Sulaym Zughba | ||||||
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Nasir ibn Alnas Al-Kasem ibn Alnas Khalifa al-Zanati |
Abu Zayd al-Hilali Dhieb bin Ghanim | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 24,000 killed | Unknown | ||||||
Background
The battle ended with a crushing victory for the Arab tribes of Riah, Zaghba and Banu Sulaym against the Berber tribes of Zenata and Sanhaja, where 24 thousand Berbers were killed and the Arabs took all their weapons and money as spoils.[3][4]
Battle
Al-Nasir ibn Alinas, Emir of Bani Hammad Castle, gathered forces to support Athbaj, and Al-Mu'izz ibn Ziri from the Maghrawa tribe and King of Fez came to join him with the Zenata. They took up their positions at Laribus and afterwards. They had an encounter with the wind and the dormouse in Sbiba. In this battle, Al-Mu'izz ibn Ziri abandoned his ally and surrendered, allegedly, to the inspiration of Tamim ibn Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, Emir of Cairo. This betrayal led to the defeat of Ibn Alinas, who was forced to leave his treasures and camp in front of the Arabs and Zenata after he lost his brother Al-Qasim in the clash.[5]
History
Al-Idrisi says about it in his book The Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq the following: "It is an eternal city abundant with water and gardens, and has a wall of fortified stones. It has a square in which there are markets and inns, and its inhabitants drink from a large running spring on which is their gardens, their orchards, and their crops of cumin, caraway, and legumes."[6]The battle known as the Battle of Sebiba took place there in the year 1065 AD, between Bani Hammad and his allies from Sanhaja and Zenata on the one hand, and on the other hand, Al-Mu'izz bin Ziri and the Arab tribes of Zaghba and Riah, and it ended with the defeat of the first party[7]
References
- ↑ حسن, نجوان ابو بكر محمد. تاريخ افريقية السياسى والحضارى (in العربية). ktab INC.
- ↑ المراكشي, ابن عذارى (2009-01-01). البيان المغرب في اخبار الاندلس والمغرب 1-4 ج1 (in العربية). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. ISBN 978-2-7451-6328-8.
- ↑ al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn Ibn (1899). Tārīkh al-kāmil (in العربية).
- ↑ Baadj, A. S. (2015). Saladin, the Almohads and the Banū Ghāniya: The Contest for North Africa (12th and 13th Centuries). Brill. p. 44. ISBN 978-90-04-29857-6.
- ↑ Cibrario, Louis (1859). Economie politique du moyen age (in français). Libraire de Guillaumin et C.ie.
- ↑ "نزهة المشتاق فى اختراق الآفاق". مكتبة تركستاني (in العربية). 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ↑ الصبر, عبد الرزاق أبو (2012-01-01). تاريخ الغرب الإسلامي (من خلال جغرافيات مشرقية مؤلفة قبل نهاية القرن الخامس للهجرة) 1-2 ج2 (in العربية). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية.