Banu Matkud
Hawwara city-state
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Banu Matkud or Castle of Ibn Matkud (قلعة ابن متكود (Arabic)) was a Hawwara or Laguatan[2] city-state in Misrata from the 9th century[3][4] to 1128 AD.[5] Its members were hostile to the Berbers.[6]: 196 and ruled as a sect of the Mellila tribe holding large portions of Tripolitania with their first chief Umar al matkudi[7][8]
قلعة بني متكود | |||||||||
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| Capital | Misrata | ||||||||
| Largest city | Mazara del Vallo | ||||||||
| Religion | Ibadism Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Currency | Tarì[1] | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Libya Malta sicily | ||||||||
Rise
Banu Matkud were an Ibadi of Hawwara who were associated Nafusa Mountains a large tribal confedrate[9] and the elite frontier of both the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century and the Fatimid Caliphate which granted them the castle of Mazara del Vallo and a autonomous rule,[3] allowed their port city to become an important maritime trade port.[10] while their main trade were mainly to Djerid.[11]
According to the Geographer Ibn Hawqal the rulers would pay Zakat to the Governor of Tripoli.[12] and were documented to establish Library named Dar al kutub in Egypt[13]
Colonization of Malta
Ibn Rashiq's time in Mazara
Ibn Rachiq was an Azdi poet and anthropologist who was born in M'Sila and traveled to the modern-day city of Tunis where he studied under Muhammad al-Khushani.[14]
After insulting the Zirids rulers and the Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya, Ibn Rachiq would flee to Mazara, there seeking the refuge of the general Amari Qaid al-Matkudi, where he would remain until his death in 1071.[15][16][17][18]