740–743 Berber secession from the Umayyad Caliphate
Berber Revolt
Part of the Fitnas
Date
740–743
Location
The Maghreb and al-Andalus
Result
Berber victory in the western and central Maghreb.
Arab victory in al-Andalus and Ifriqiya.
Territorial changes
Establishment of several independent states
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate
Berber insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab Khalid ibn Abi Habib † Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj Kulthum ibn Iyad al-Qushayri † Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib Handhala ibn Safwan Balj ibn Bishr al-Qushayri Habib ibn Abi Ubayda † Tha'laba ibn Salama
Khalid ibn Hamid Maysara al-Matghari Salim Abu Yusuf al-Azdi Ukkasha ibn Ayyub Abd al-Wahid ibn Yazid †
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The Berber Revolt or the Kharijite Revolt[1] of 740–743 AD (122–125 AH in the Islamic calendar) took place during the reign of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik and marked the first successful secession from the Arab caliphate (ruled from Damascus). Fired up by Kharijite puritan preachers, the Berber revolt against their Umayyad Arab rulers began in Tangiers in 740, and was led initially by Maysara al-Matghari. The revolt soon spread through the rest of the Maghreb (North Africa) and across the straits to al-Andalus.
The Umayyads scrambled and managed to prevent the core of Ifriqiya (Tunisia, East-Algeria and West-Libya) and al-Andalus (Spain and Portugal) from falling into rebel hands. But the rest of the Maghreb was never recovered. After failing to capture the Umayyad provincial capital of Kairouan, the Berber rebel armies dissolved, and the western Maghreb fragmented into a series of small Berber statelets, ruled by tribal chieftains and Kharijite imams.
The Berber revolt was probably the largest military setback in the reign of Caliph Hisham. From it emerged some of the first Muslim states outside the Caliphate.
^Meri, Josef W. (2005-10-31). Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-135-45596-5.
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