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Banu Ghaniya invasion of North Africa

12th-13th century military campaigns

Banu Ghaniya Invasion of North africa
Date November 1184-1237/1238 Location Maghreb Result Invasion repelled and Balearic islands conquerd Weakening of Almohad rule over Ifriqiya Destruction of Qarakush's domain
Belligerents
Banu Ghaniya Various Arab and Berber tribes (Banu Hilal and Sanhaja) Qaraqush's Domain (1185- c.1189 and 1191- c.1195)	Almohad Caliphate Hafsids Qaraqush's Domain (c.1189-1191)
Commanders and leaders
Ali Ibn Ghaniya [ca] Yahya Ibn Ghaniya [ca] Qaraqush  (1185- c.1189 and 1191- c.1195)	Abu Yusuf Muhammad al-Nasir Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs Abdallah Abu Zakariya Yahya Qaraqush (c.1189-1191)
Units involved
Unknown	20,000 Calvary (1187)

The Banu Ghaniya invasion of North Africa sometimes referred to as the Banu Ghaniya Rebellion was a series of military campaigns undertaken by the Banu Ghaniya against the Almohads in hopes of re-establishing the Almoravid dynasty from November 1184 to 1237/1238.^[1]

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• Baadj, Amar S. (2015). Saladin, the Almohads and the Banu Ghaniya. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-29620-6.
• Öngül, Alı (2001). KARAKUŞ, Şerefeddin - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia Of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 24 Kaani - Kastamonu). Istanbul: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam. pp. 354–355. ISBN 9789753894517.