Looting of Kairouan (1057)

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The Looting of Kairouan (Arabic: نهب القيروان) by the Arab Bedouin tribes of Banu Hilal took place on 1 November 1057. It was part of the Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya.[1][2][3]

Background[]

Main article: Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya

The Hilalians advanced on Kairouan, a large part of whose inhabitants had already fled to Tunis. The nomads did not attempt to take the city, but instead pillaged the countryside. The Zirid emir Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis attempted to restrain the Hilalian by offering to enlist them in his army and marrying three of his daughters to the Arab emirs.[4] On 30 October 1057,[1] the Zirid emir, realising the futility of his efforts, fled Kairouan and settled in his new capital, Mahdia, which was better fortified.[4]

The looting[]

On 1 November 1057,[1] the Banu Hilal entered Kairouan and looted it.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2007-01-01). Historic Cities of the Islamic World. BRILL. p. 266. ISBN 978-90-04-15388-2.
  2. ^ Schuster, Gerald. "Die Beduinen in der Vorgeschichte Tunesiens. Die « Invasion » der Banū Hilāl by Gerald Schuster". JSTOR. Brill: 487–492. JSTOR 25651679.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Histoire générale de l'Afrique. 3, L'Afrique du VIIe au XIe siècle / M. El Fasi, codirecteur : I. Hrbek. Muḥammad Fāsī, Ivan Hrbek, Comité scientifique international pour la rédaction d'une Histoire générale de l'Afrique (Ed. abrégée ed.). Paris: Présence africaine. 1997. ISBN 2-7087-0627-6. OCLC 38223073.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ a b c Abun-Nasr, Jamil M.; al-Naṣr, Ǧamīl M. Abū; Abun-Nasr, Abun-Nasr, Jamil Mirʻi (1987-08-20). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge University Press. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-521-33767-0.
  5. ^ Idris, Hady Roger (1968). "L'invasion hilālienne et ses conséquences". Cahiers de civilisation médiévale. 11 (43): 353–369. doi:10.3406/ccmed.1968.1452. ISSN 0007-9731.
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