[98]:121–122 Ibn Hafsun rebelled in 880, was captured, then escaped in 883 to his base in Bobastro. Augustine is recognized as a saint and a Doctor of the Church by Roman Catholicism and the Anglican Communion and is revered by the Reformed. There is an identity-related debate about the persecution of Berbers by the Arab-dominated regimes of North Africa. Although most Maghrebis are of Berber ancestry, only some scattered ethnicities succeeded in preserving Berber languages into modern times. Encapsulating a widely held view among specialists, Gabriel Camps explained, “The Berbers of the Arabs are the Moors of the Romans.”2 According to this understanding, instead of conquer- ing the Berbers, the Arabs conquered the “Moors” (Mauri, sing. Most wanted to trace their lineage back to the Syrian and Yemeni Arabs who accompanied the invasion. In response to its demands, Morocco and Algeria have both modified their policies, with Algeria redefining itself constitutionally as an "Arab, Berber, Muslim nation". [97]:49–50 The expulsion of the Berber garrisons from central Asturias, following the battle of Covadonga, contributed to the eventual formation of the independent Asturian kingdom. In 1912, Morocco was divided into French and Spanish zones. By the 11th century the Berbers had become Islamized and in part also Arabized. [98]:191–192 Al-Mansur died in 1002. The Maghreb today is home to large Berber (Amazigh) populations, who form the principal indigenous ancestry in the region (see Origins). In antiquity, Mauretania (3rd century BC – 44 BC) was an ancient Mauri Berber kingdom in modern Morocco and part of Algeria. Most of these populations belong to the E1b1b paternal haplogroup, with Berber speakers having among the highest frequencies of this lineage. The Maghreb region in northwestern Africa is believed to have been inhabited by Berbers from at least 10,000 BC. Sulayman was defeated in battle in 800 and fled to the Berber stronghold in Mérida, but was captured before reaching it and executed in Cordoba. The kingdom was located on the eastern border of modern Algeria, bordered by the Roman province of Mauretania (in modern Algeria and Morocco) to the west, the Roman province of Africa (modern Tunisia) to the east, the Mediterranean to the north, and the Sahara Desert to the south. Wadih's allies killed him, and the Cordoba garrison surrendered with the expectation of amnesty. [115] The Rif Berbers rebelled, led by Abd el-Krim, a former officer of the Spanish administration. Considerable resentment arose in Cordoba against the increasing numbers of Berbers brought from north Africa by al-Mansur and his children Abd al-Malik and Sanchuelo. Yusuf assumed the throne at the age of only 16, following his father's death. Berbers or Imazighen (Berber languages: ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ, ⵎⵣⵗⵏ, romanized: Imaziɣen; singular: Amaziɣ, ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ ⵎⵣⵗ) are an ethnic group mostly concentrated in North Africa, specifically Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, the Canary Islands, and to a lesser extent in Mauritania, northern Mali, and northern Niger. The Roman officials, allegedly due to bribes but perhaps more likely out of a desire to quickly end conflict in a profitable client kingdom, sought to settle the quarrel by dividing Numidia into two parts. Their attack on Kairouan was defeated, and a new governor of Africa, Hanzala ibn Safwan, proceeded to defeat the rebels in Africa and then to impose peace between Balj's troops and the existing Andalusi Arabs. By 711, Umayyad forces helped by Berber converts to Islam had conquered all of North Africa. The Phoenicians worked to keep their cultural cohesion and ethnic solidarity, and continuously refreshed their close connection with Tyre, the mother city. It only began to succeed among the greater populace when North African states replaced their European colonial languages with Arabic and identified exclusively as Arabian nations, downplaying or ignoring the existence and the social specificity of Berbers. Yusuf ibn Tashfin was a Muslim king of the Berber Almoravid dynasty. [97]:48–49 It was at this time that the positions of Arabs and Berbers were regularized across the Iberian peninsula. These Berber speakers are mainly concentrated in Morocco and Algeria, followed by Mali, Niger, and Libya. [98]:103, 131, 168 These new Berbers "lacked any familiarity with the pattern of relationships" that had existed in al-Andalus in the 700s and 800s;[98]:103 thus they were not involved in the same web of traditional conflicts and loyalties as the previously already existing Berber garrisons. 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Having been subject to limited external influences, these populations lived free from acculturating factors. He is considered the most important author of the Shilha literary tradition. [98]:187–188 Ibn Abi Amir called on the Berbers he had lived with in 973–974 to help him. As it evolved, Western string instruments and Arab musical conventions, like a backing orchestra, were added. [97]:121, In Africa, the Berbers were hampered by divided leadership. Regions with significant populations Arab League 350,000,000 Brazil 15 to 20 million Arabs and descendants of Arabs Turkey At least 5,830,000 (2020) France 3.3 to 5.5 million people of North African (Arab or Berber) descent Indonesia [97]:205–206 An eighth-century cemetery has been discovered with 190 burials all according to Islamic custom, testifying to the presence of this garrison. [61], Uniparental DNA analysis has established ties between Berbers and other Afroasiatic speakers in Africa. [97]:106–108 After the defeat of the third army, which included elite units of Syrians commanded by Kulthum and Balj, the Berber revolt spread further. [68]:80 Carthage once famously attempted to reduce the number of its Libyan and foreign soldiers, leading to the Mercenary War (240–237 BC). [97]:207, Roger Collins cites the work of Pierre Guichard to argue that Berber groups in Iberia retained their own distinctive social organization. Bernard Droz, «Insurrection de 1871: la révolte de Mokrani», dans Jeannine Verdès-Leroux (dir.). [117] From the moment of Algerian independence, tensions developed between Kabyle leaders and the central government.[118]. He was a genius—an intellectual giant.[153]. The rites of marriage are different for each tribe. The Banu Mahsa brought Ibn Hamir's head to Amrus in Talavera. The unifying forces for the Berber people may be their shared language or a collective identification with Berber heritage and history. Traditionally, men take care of livestock. Traveling to Morocco, he established a military monastery or ribat where he trained a highly motivated and disciplined fighting force. Shaqya first killed the Umayyad governor of the fortress of Santaver [ca] (near Roman Ercavica), and subsequently ravaged the district surrounding Coria. In contrast, tracing descent from the Berbers who came with the same invasion "was to be stigmatized as of inferior birth". The most notable are the Zirids (Ifriqiya, 973–1148), the Hammadids (Western Ifriqiya, 1014–1152), the Almoravid dynasty (Morocco and al-Andalus, 1040–1147), the Almohads (Morocco and al-Andalus, 1147–1248), the Hafsids (Ifriqiya, 1229–1574), the Zianids (Tlemcen, 1235–1556), the Marinids (Morocco, 1248–1465) and the Wattasids (Morocco, 1471–1554). [98]:186, On the death of Al-Hakam II, the heir, Hisham II, was underage, and the position of hajib was occupied by a Berber named al-Mushafi. The Numidians were conceived of as two great groups: the Massylii in eastern Numidia, and the Masaesyli in the west. [70]:52, 58 There evolved a population of mixed ancestry, Berber and Punic. [...] Hence arose that universal disaffection, or rather that deadly hatred, on the part of her foreign subjects, and even of the Phoenician dependencies, toward Carthage, on which every invader of Africa could safely count as his surest support. [110], During the taifa period, the Aftasid dynasty, based in Badajoz, controlled a large territory centered on the Guadiana River valley. Several Berber dynasties emerged during the Middle Ages in the Maghreb and al-Andalus. 18 likes. Abu Ya'qub Yusuf (died on 29 July 1184) was the second Almohad caliph. In turn, this provided a motivation for the further conversion of Berbers to Islam, many of the Berbers, particularly farther south, away from the Mediterranean, being still Christian and pagan. Lusius' father and his warriors had supported the Roman legions in their attempt to subdue Mauretania Tingitana (modern northern Morocco) during Aedemon's revolt in 40. [98]:37 Although they had caused numerous problems for Abd ar-Rahman I, Collins suggests that by the reign of Al-Hakam the Berber conflicts with Arabs and native Iberians meant that Berbers could only look to the Umayyad regime for support and patronage and developed solid ties of loyalty to the emirs. The High Atlas, Anti-Atlas and the Sous valley. Berbers are not an entirely homogeneous ethnicity, and they include a range of societies, ancestries, and lifestyles. [97]:108 At the same time, Uqba died and was replaced by Ibn Qatan. [98]:182, When the Fatimids moved their capital to Egypt in 969, they left north Africa in charge of viceroys from the Zirid clan of Sanhaja Berbers, who were Fatimid loyalists and enemies of the Zenata. [68]:37, The earliest Phoenician coastal outposts were probably meant merely to resupply and service ships bound for the lucrative metals trade with the Iberians,[71] and perhaps at first regarded trade with the Berbers as unprofitable. Miller, S. (2013). Through both Pan-Arabism and Islamism,[119] their issue of identity is due to the pan-Arabist ideology of former Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Both groups have their own language. At the police registries where Moroccans go to officially designate their childrens' names, non-Arab names like Jurgurtha and Messina -- the names of ancient Berber kings -- are blacklisted. [78] In addition, and most importantly, the Berber peoples also formed quasi-independent satellite societies along the steppes of the frontier and beyond, where a minority continued as free 'tribal republics'. There he formed an alliance with the Banu Rifa' tribe of Berbers, who had a stronghold in Alhama. These events put an end to the Berber garrison in Pamplona. Native origin Berbers genetically correlate much more with Western Europeans. Village music is performed collectively for dancing, including ahidus and ahouach dances, which each begin with a chanted prayer. The Kabylians were independent of outside control during the period of Ottoman Empire rule in North Africa. [97]:169–170, In 788, Hisham succeeded Abd ar-Rahman as emir; but his brother Sulayman revolted and fled to the Berber garrison of Valencia, where he held out for two years. Upon landing, Tariq is said to have burned his ships then made the following speech, well known in the Muslim world, to his soldiers: O People! [68]:86, Yet in times of stress at Carthage, when a foreign force might be pushing against the city-state, some Berbers would see it as an opportunity to advance their interests, given their otherwise low status in Punic society. "[120], The Black Spring was a series of violent disturbances and political demonstrations by Kabyle activists in the Kabylie region of Algeria in 2001. For their part, women look after the family and handicrafts – first for their personal use, and secondly for sale in the souqs in their locality. [98]:170 The Zirids in turn divided their territories, assigning some to the Hammadid branch of the family to govern. The Berber identity encompasses language, religion, and ethnicity, and is rooted in the entire history and geography of North Africa. Many believe that Arius, another early Christian theologian who was deemed a heretic by the Christian Church, was of Libyan Berber descent. [97]:208, In 797, the Berbers of Talavera played a major part in defeating a revolt against Al-Hakam in Toledo. Nonetheless, the Islamization and Arabization of the region was a complicated and lengthy process. [112] The Kingdom of Ait Abbas was a Berber state of North Africa, controlling Lesser Kabylie and its surroundings from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century. They then installed Sulayman as caliph, and based themselves in the Madinat al-Zahra to avoid friction with the local population. Berber cuisine is a traditional cuisine that has evolved little over time. [97]:108 Collins points out that Balj's troops were away from Syria just when the Abbasid revolt against the Umayyads broke out, and this may have contributed to the fall of the Umayyad regime. [98]:170, With the help of his new mercenary forces, Abd ar-Rahman launched a series of attacks on parts of the Iberian peninsula that had fallen away from Umayyad allegiance. [160] The Tuareg have a king who decides the fate of the tribe and is known as Amenokal; it is a very hierarchical society. Unlike the conquests of previous religions and cultures, the coming of Islam, which was spread by Arabs, was to have extensive and long-lasting effects on the Maghreb. [110]:13, In the power hierarchy, Berbers were situated between the Arabic aristocracy and the Muladi populace. Retrieved 2020-02-27, "Au cœur des réseaux djihadistes européens, le passé douloureux du Rif marocain", "Census Profile, 2016 Census – Canada [Country] and Canada [Country]", "Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census". According to al-Mālikī she was said to have been accompanied in her travels by what the Arabs called an "idol", possibly an icon of the Virgin or one of the Christian saints. Forced to resolve a Sanhaja civil war, he left control of the Moroccan conquests to his brother, Yusuf ibn Tashufin. The name Ibn Tumart comes from the Berber language and means 'son of the earth'. The Fatimid Caliphate of the 10th century was established by the Kutama Berbers. The region’s indigenous Christian communities, which before the Arab conquest had constituted an important part of the Christian world, ceased to exist. Shirai, Noriyuki. According to the Berber author Leo Africanus, Amazigh meant 'free man'; some argued that there is no root of M-Z-Ɣ meaning 'free' in the modern Berber languages. [52][53][54][55] Even after the Arab conquest of North Africa, the Kabyle people still maintained possession of their mountains. He was initially a servant of Musa ibn Nusair in North Africa, and was sent by his superior to launch the first thrust of an invasion of the Iberian peninsula. There are three varieties of Berber folk music: village music, ritual music, and the music performed by professional musicians. [97]:210 Berbers were also initially settled in the eastern Pyrenees and Catalonia. Arab-Berbers primarily speak variants of Maghrebi Arabic which form a dialect continuum of more-or-less mutually intelligible varieties known as (Darija or Derja (Arabic: دارجة). [95] It was chosen as the capital because of its proximity to the sea, and the promontory on which an important military settlement had been since the time of the Phoenicians.[96]. The Toledo rebellion was sufficiently weakened that Amrus was able to enter Toledo and convince its inhabitants to submit. Jugurtha was assigned the western half. Much of Berber culture is still celebrated among the cultural elite in Morocco and Algeria, the Kabylie, the Aurès, etc. All of the specimens belonged to maternal clades associated with either North Africa or the northern and southern Mediterranean littoral, indicating gene flow between these areas since the Epipaleolithic. [citation needed] Thus, when the Greeks under Agathocles (361–289 BC) of Sicily landed at Cape Bon and threatened Carthage (in 310 BC), there were Berbers, under Ailymas, who went over to the invading Greeks. [58], The medieval Tunisian historian Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406), recounting the oral traditions prevalent in his day, sets down two popular opinions as to the origin of the Berbers: according to one opinion, they are descended from Canaan, son of Ham, and have for ancestors Berber, son of Temla, son of Mazîgh, son of Canaan, son of Ham, a son of Noah;[46] alternatively, Abou-Bekr Mohammed es-Souli (947 CE) held that they are descended from Berber, the son of Keloudjm (Casluhim), the son of Mesraim, the son of Ham.[46]. Each region of the Maghreb contained several fully independent tribes (e.g., Sanhaja, Houaras, Zenata, Masmuda, Kutama, Awraba, Barghawata, etc.). Al-Busiri (1211–1294) was a Sanhaja Berber Sufi poet belonging to the Shadhiliyya order and being a direct disciple of Sheikh Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. In 1083, Yusuf ibn Tashufin conquered Ceuta. Yusuf ibn Tashfin (c. 1061–1106) was the Berber Almoravid ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia). Traditional Berber festivals include Fantasia, Imilchil marriage festival and Udayn n Acur. [26] Maghrebi Arabic preserves a significant Berber, Latin[27][28][29] and possibly Neo-Punic[30][31] substratum which makes them both quite distinct and largely mutually unintelligible to other varieties of Arabic spoken outside Maghreb. However, he was defeated in battle near Marbella. Their high visibility was due to their foundation of taifa dynasties rather than large numbers. He is also known as El-Mahdi in reference to his prophesied redeeming. As he marched back to Cordoba his own Berber mercenaries abandoned him. Other groups include the Riffians of northern Morocco, the Chaoui people of eastern Algeria, the Chenouas in western Algeria, the Berbers of Tripolitania. Meanwhile, the Arabs accuse the Berbers, who are generally perceived to be wealthier, of hindering poorer Arabs’ integration into their exclusive social structures. [97] The biographical dictionary of Ibn Khallikan preserves the record of the Berber predominance in the invasion of 711, in the entry on Tariq ibn Ziyad. Basil Davidson and others call him a Libyan from Pentapolis, but this seems to rest on the fact that Pentapolis was a place where the teachings of Sabellius thrived, according to Dionysius of Alexandria, c. 260. [97]:150–151, 153–154, When the Umayyad Caliphate was overthrown in 750, a grandson of Caliph Hisham, Abd ar-Rahman, escaped to north Africa[97]:115 and hid among the Berbers of north Africa for five years. It became a client state of the Roman empire in 33 BC, then a full Roman province in AD 40, after the death of its last king, Ptolemy of Mauretania, a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. In Algeria, the el Kseur platform in Kabylie gives tribes the right to fine criminal offenders. The unequal development of material culture and social organization perhaps fated the relationship to be an uneasy one. The Arabs, by contrast, are Sunni Muslims. [63] This ancestry is related to the Coptic/Ethio-Somali having diverged from these and other West Eurasian-affiliated components before the Holocene. Lusius Quietus, was the son of a Christian tribal lord from unconquered Mauretania. His story was recorded by his Christian contemporaries, Romuald Guarna and Hugo Falcandus from Sicily, and the Muslim historian Ibn Khaldun. [97]:169 However, Collins considers him an example of the messianic leaders that were not uncommon among Berbers at that time and earlier. The social structure of the Berbers is tribal. [97]:99 The Berber forces in the invasion of Iberia came from Ifriqiya or as far away as Tripolitania. The Mercenary revolt occurred after the First Punic War (see below). [98]:122 He then formed alliances with other local Berber clans, taking the towns of Osuna, Estepa, and Ecija in 889. To counter the threat, the Umayyads crossed the strait to take Ceuta in 931,[98]:171 and actively formed alliances with Berber confederacies, such as the Zenata and the Awraba. [20] On the other hand, some genetic studies there have determined that some Arab and non-Arab Berbers are genetically nearly identical. [97]:90[99][100] According to this traditional view of Arab and Berber culture in the Iberian peninsula, Berber society was highly impermeable to outside influences, whereas Arabs became assimilated and Hispanized. The Carthaginians were obliged to withdraw within their walls and were besieged. However, many parts of the Maghreb were only arabized relatively recently in the 19th and 20th centuries, such as the area of the Aurès (Awras) mountains. which means "everyday/colloquial language". The Saqaliba Khayran, with his own Umayyad figurehead Abd ar-Rahman IV al-Murtada, attempted to seize Granada from the Zirids in 1018, but failed. [74] In this regard, perhaps the legend about Dido, the foundress of Carthage, as related by Trogus is apposite. [citation needed]. Families are either patriarchal or matriarchal, according to the tribe. Employing large numbers of Berber and Saqaliba mercenaries, al-Mansur initiated a series of successful attacks on the Christian portions of the peninsula. [155], Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (c. 155 – c. 240 AD), known as Tertullian (/tərˈtʌliən/), was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa and was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. BERBERS, indigenous North African tribes who originally spoke dialects of the Berber language.Medieval Arab writers ascribed the ancestry of the Berbers to *Goliath the Philistine and maintained their Canaanite origin. The Roman-era authors Apuleius and St. Augustine were born in Numidia, as were three popes, one of whom, Pope Victor I, served during the reign of Roman emperor Septimius Severus, who was a North African of Roman/Punic ancestry (perhaps with some Berber blood).[88]. The Berbers eventually were required to provide soldiers (at first "unlikely" paid "except in booty"), which by the fourth century BC became "the largest single element in the Carthaginian army". A female leader from a Berber or Amazigh tribe in North Africa, al-Kahina, has a long history going back 14 centuries. Roman-era Cyrenaica became a center of early Christianity. In contrast, in the Tuareg culture, the woman chooses her future husband. However, soon after, conflict broke out again, leading to the Jugurthine War between Rome and Numidia. [65] The ancient Taforalt individuals carried the mtDNA haplogroups U6, H, JT, and V, which points to population continuity in the region dating from the Iberomaurusian period. [98]:196 Meanwhile, Hisham II remained caliph, though this had become a ceremonial position. France and Spain in Morocco. [3] The Tuareg Rebellion of 2012 was waged against the Malian government by rebels with the goal of attaining independence for the northern region of Mali, known as Azawad. [94] Interactions with neighboring Sudanic empires, traders, and nomads from other parts of Africa also left impressions upon the Berber people. Some presence of Berbers in the northwest may have been maintained at first, but after the 740s there is no more mention of the northwestern Berbers in the sources. The Chleuh Berbers have professional musicians called rwais who play in ensembles consisting of lutes, rababs, and cymbals, with any number of vocalists. Following the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, most Berber tribes eventually became Muslims. The sea is behind you, and the enemy in front of you: There is nothing for you, by God, except only sincerity and patience. Other rock art has been discovered at Tadrart Acacus in the Libyan desert. She writes in her book Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail: "we had rejected Islam, which had brought us nothing good, and opted for Catholicism instead".[158]. Ouarsenis and Mount Chenoua (Western Algeria). Kabyle music has been popular in France since the 1930s, when it was played at cafés. 5, Ralph Austin. [90][full citation needed][91]. Muhammad al-Jazuli was from the Jazulah tribe, which was settled in the Sous area of the Maghreb between the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlas Mountains. He also was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism. As a legacy of the spread of Islam, the Berbers are now mostly Muslim. Arab-Berbers are people of mixed Arab and Berber origin, most of whom speak a variant of Maghrebi Arabic as their native language, although about 16 to 25 million speak various Berber languages. [41][42] This term is common in Morocco, especially among Central Atlas,[definition needed] Rifian, and Shilah[definition needed] speakers in 1980;[43] but elsewhere within the Berber homeland a local, more particular term, such as Kabyle or Chaoui, is more often, such as in Libya. However, "a massacre ensued in which the Berbers took revenge for many personal and collective injuries and permanently settled several feuds in the process". Yet, here too, the Phoenicians probably would be drawn into organizing and directing such local trade, and also into managing agricultural production. Arabization was at least partly strengthened in the rural areas in the 11th century with the emigration of the Banu Hilal tribes from Egypt. βάρβαροι barbaroi) meaning 'barbarian'. Nonetheless, a modern criticism is that the Carthaginians "did themselves a disservice" by failing to promote the common, shared quality of "life in a properly organized city" that inspires loyalty, particularly with regard to the Berbers. The majority of Berber tribes currently have men as heads of the tribe. [98]:42–43, Berber groups were involved in the rebellion of Umar ibn Hafsun from 880 to 915. Byzantine authors mention the Mazikes (Amazigh) as tribal people raiding the monasteries of Cyrenaica. She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna. European Journal of Human Genetics (2000) 8, 360–366. Berbers are the indigenous people of North Africa while Arabs are native to the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East. Many ancient Berber beliefs were developed locally, whereas others were influenced over time through contact with other traditional African religions (such as the Ancient Egyptian religion), or borrowed during antiquity from the Punic religion, Judaism, Iberian mythology, and the Hellenistic religion. The most serious native revolt against French colonial power in Algeria since the time of Abd al-Qadir broke out in 1871 in the Kabylie and spread through much of Algeria. Over the past few decades, political tensions have arisen between some Berber groups (especially the Kabyle and Riffians) and with North African governments, partly over linguistic and social issues. In antiquity, before the arrival of Abrahamic faiths into North Africa, the Berber people adhered to the traditional Berber religion. Yusuf continued to conquer territory; and following Abu Bakr's death in 1087, he became the Almoravid leader. [98]:201, Among the Berbers who were brought to al-Andalus by al-Mansur were the Zirid family of Sanhaja Berbers. In more recent times the Berbers, especially those of the Kabylia, assisted in driving the French from Algeria. [98]:37, New waves of Berber settlers arrived in al-Andalus in the 10th century, brought as mercenaries by Abd ar-Rahman III, who proclaimed himself caliph in 929, to help him in his campaigns to restore Umayyad authority in areas that had overthrown it during the reigns of the previous emirs. He compares Shaqya to Idris I, a descendant of Ali accepted by the Zenata Berbers, who founded the Idrisid dynasty in 788, and to Salih ibn Tarif, who ruled the Bargawata Berber in the 770s. Berbers are not Europeans and they are not Arab. However, the bulk of the population of northwestern Africa remained Berber or Roman Africans at least until the 14th century. [98]:203 The Zirids of Granada controlled Málaga until 1073, after which separate Zirid kings retained control over the taifas of Granada and Malaga until the Almoravid conquest. Today, the majority of so-called “Berbers” are essentially a mixture of Arab and negro. "[110]:13 The Berber that arrived towards the end of the caliphate as mercenary forces, says Reilly, amounted to only about 20 thousand people in a total al-Andalusi population of six million. Foreign Area Studies: Pg 15, https://web.archive.org/web/20120325002139/http://www.kabylia.info/observer/spip.php?page=article_pdf&id_article=123, "Mali Tuareg rebels declare independence in the north", "Scores arrested in connection with Morocco Rif protests", "A Predominantly Neolithic Origin for Y-Chromosomal DNA Variation in North Africa", "Who are the Tuareg? , however, he confronted the Tujibids, defeating them in 937 Toledo in 1085 [ ]! 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