Banu Ifran

Banu Ifran was a Berber tribe in western Algeria and Morocco.

The Banu Ifran, a tribe of Zanata in western Algeria, led their lineage back to al - Kahina. In the 8th century, they took the Islam of the Kharijites and formed to Agadir ( in Tlemcen ) 765-786 a " Caliphate " under Abu Qurra. First, it came to fighting the Abbasid governors of Ifriqiya, on Kairuan culminated in a Kharijite attack ( 772 ). The Kharijites under Abu Qurra and Ibn Rustam were severely beaten.

While Ibn Rustam the Imamate of Tahert founded ( Rustamiden ), Agadir 786 came under the rule of Magrawa. With the conquest by Idris I. Agadir completely lost in importance. Although the Banu Ifran were able to hold its own in western Algeria, but they were 958 severely beaten by the Fatimids as they entered an alliance with the Caliphate of Córdoba. Despite the permanent resistance against the Fatimids and their allies the Banu Ifran were forced to Morocco. In the 10th century they settled in the region around Kasba Tadla, their capital was Salé on the Atlantic coast. 994 they were subject to the Magrawa. Large parts of the tribe moved to Andalusia or were scattered about in the 11th century by the Almoravids.