Can the Maghrebi princes of the 11th century be considered as “party-kings” ?

Aurélien Montel (1, 2)

1 CIHAM - Histoire, Archéologie et Littératures des mondes chrétiens et musulmans médiévaux
2 CIHAM - GouvDomRes - Thème 2 - Gouverner, Dominer, Résister

Across the Strait of Gibraltar, the caliphal sovereignty did not vanish as abruptly as most of the historiography, who sees the fitna as a breakdown, likes to tell us. On the contrary, there are clues showing that the Far Maghrib had the same evolution as al-Andalus, and, more generally, that it kept sharing the same historical trajectory. Indeed, in both shores of the Strait, the political fragmentation led to the birth of principalities with much in common.

Mots clés: western Islam; al-Andalus; medieval Islam

Mots clés: Islam médiéval; Occident musulman

Domaines: Histoire

Aurélien Montel. Can the Maghrebi princes of the 11th century be considered as “party-kings” ?. The Umayyads from West to East: New Perspectives, RomanIslam-Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies (Universität Hamburg), Mar 2021, Hambourg, Germany. ⟨halshs-03175717⟩