Fatimid Precursor Movements (Maghrawa Period, 890s)

Name: Fatimid Precursor Movements (Maghrawa Period, 890s)
Start: 890
End: 899

Type Event Region Africa Time 890–899

In the 890s, the Maghrawa Berber confederation in western North Africa controlled large areas of modern Morocco and western Algeria, becoming a arena…

Timeline

890–895Fez region · MoroccoThe Maghrawa Berber tribal confederation became the dominant force in the western Maghreb in the mid-to-late 9th century, controlling trade routes and contending with Abbasid-appointed governors and local dynasties, but internal succession disputes weakened its unity.
893–899Sijilmasa · MoroccoThe Ismaili missionary Abu Abdullah al-Shi'i was active in Sijilmasa and elsewhere, winning Berber tribal support and proclaiming the mission of a descendant of Fatima; this created the political and religious conditions for the later Fatimid dynasty to break free of Maghrawa control and expand eastward.

Sources

Fāṭimid Caliphate https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fatimid
The Empire of the Fatimids — Heinz Halm (1996)