Midrarid dynasty

Emirate of Sijilmasa
757–976
CapitalSijilmasa
Common languagesBerber
Religion
Sufri Kharijite Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• 757–772
Abu Kasim
• 963–976
Abdallah
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Sijilmasa built
757
• Almoravid annexation
976
CurrencyMidrar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Umayyad Caliphate
Maghrawa

The Midrarid dynasty (Arabic: بنو مدرار, romanizedBanu Midrār) was a Berber dynasty that ruled the Sijilmasa region in Morocco from their capital of Sijilmasa, starting in the late 8th or early 9th century to 976/7.[1]

  1. ^ Love, Paul M. (June 2010). "The Sufris of Sijilmasa: toward a history of the Midrarids". The Journal of North African Studies. 15 (2): 173–188. doi:10.1080/13629380902734136. ISSN 1362-9387.