Bani Khurasan Emarate in Tunisia A study of its political status (446-554)

Abstract

The immigration of the arab tribes now present in the south of Egypt, specially the tribes of bani hilal ,to the west of the arab land is a cause for the deterioration of bani zen al- sanhaji state. Its power was limited with in the walls of al-mahdiah city, and it became under the control of those arab tribes specially the African cities suburabs. Some of the powerful people in Africa also fully controlled the cities they were ruling. This situation was the cause to control those cities like Bani Maki in Qabis, Bani Aabi Al- Ward in Banzart and Bani Khurasan in Tunisia.Abdul - Haq Bin Abdul - Aziz Bin Khurasan was able to establish an Emarate in Tunisia ruler by him and the state was fluctuation between the Zairi state and the state of bani hammad and sometimes completely independent till it fell down in the hands of Almuwahideen (554 A.D./ 1159 A.C). So that Tunisia became a muwahideen state.

Keywords

Bani, Khurasan, Emarate