BarghawāṭahArticle Free Pass Barghawāṭah, Amazigh (Berber)
tribal confederation that created a religio-political state in
Morocco (8th–12th century). The Barghawāṭah, members of the
Maṣmūdah family inhabiting the plain between the Middle Atlas
(Moyen Atlas) mountain range and the Atlantic, had joined the
Miknāsah and Ghumārah Amazigh in the Khārijite revolt against
the Umayyad caliph in 740–742, seizing Tangier and defeating
Umayyad armies from Spain in the Battle of the Nobles (740).
Shortly afterward the rebellion was suppressed, but a new
leader, Ṣāliḥ ibn Ṭarīf, emerged in 748–749 among the
Barghawāṭah and presented himself as a prophet, teaching a
mixture of Islamic, pagan, and astrological beliefs. His
successors propagated this doctrine throughout the
confederation. In the reign of Abū Ghufayl (885–913) the
confederation became firmly established in Barghawāṭah territory
and aided in the creation of a highly defensive state that also
proved to be commercially prosperous. By the mid-10th century
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