Aghmāt was one of the two important trading centres affected by Zanāta domination in southern Morocco. It served as the capital of the Zanāta in the region and was conquered by the Almoravids after a siege and fierce battle. Its ruler, Laqǧūṭ ibn Yūsuf al-Maghrāwī, fled to Tadlā, where Abū Bakr ibn ʿUmar later defeated the Banū Ifrān and conquered their capital.
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Aghmāt is described as an important trading centre whose commercial life suffered under Zanāta domination. The burden of taxation and the deterioration of security affected trans-Saharan trade, while Zanāta expansion southward interfered with the transhumance of Sanhāja groups in the region. Aghmāt therefore stood within a zone of overlapping commercial, pastoral, and political interests.
The Almoravids conquered Aghmāt after a siege and a fierce battle. Laqǧūṭ ibn Yūsuf al-Maghrāwī, identified as its ruler, fled to Tadlā, the capital of the Banū Ifrān. Abū Bakr ibn ʿUmar pursued him, defeated the Banū Ifrān, killed Laqǧūṭ, and conquered Tadlā.
The fall of Aghmāt formed part of the Almoravid conquest of the Sūs and the wider campaign against Zanāta power. The passage also places Zaynab within Aghmāt’s political history: she had reportedly been married to the Masmūda chief before transferring her loyalty to the Zanāta ruler and marrying Laqǧūṭ.
Aghmāt was one of the two important trading centres affected by Zanāta domination in southern Morocco. It served as the capital of the Zanāta in the region and was conquered by the Almoravids after a siege and fierce battle. Its ruler, Laqǧūṭ ibn Yūsuf al-Maghrāwī, fled to Tadlā, where Abū Bakr ibn ʿUmar later defeated the Banū Ifrān and conquered their capital.
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Aghmāt is described as an important trading centre whose commercial life suffered under Zanāta domination. The burden of taxation and the deterioration of security affected trans-Saharan trade, while Zanāta expansion southward interfered with the transhumance of Sanhāja groups in the region. Aghmāt therefore stood within a zone of overlapping commercial, pastoral, and political interests.
The Almoravids conquered Aghmāt after a siege and a fierce battle. Laqǧūṭ ibn Yūsuf al-Maghrāwī, identified as its ruler, fled to Tadlā, the capital of the Banū Ifrān. Abū Bakr ibn ʿUmar pursued him, defeated the Banū Ifrān, killed Laqǧūṭ, and conquered Tadlā.
The fall of Aghmāt formed part of the Almoravid conquest of the Sūs and the wider campaign against Zanāta power. The passage also places Zaynab within Aghmāt’s political history: she had reportedly been married to the Masmūda chief before transferring her loyalty to the Zanāta ruler and marrying Laqǧūṭ.
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