VIIᵉ siècle – VIIIᵉ siècle
North Africa
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Ifriqiya was the principal Muslim-administered province of North Africa during the final phase of the Arab conquest. Hassan ibn al-Nu'man organized it through governors, district officials, taxation, judges, and religious teachers. Its capital, Kayrawan, became a major center of Islamic learning and culture, while the province served as the administrative keystone for Muslim expansion across the Maghrib.
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After the death of Ukba, Hassan ibn al-Nu'man organized Ifriqiya according to the administrative principles used throughout the Islamic empire. Existing provincial divisions were retained, while governors and vice-governors supervised districts and taxes were collected through established fiscal procedures. In the tribal and mountainous regions, judges, tax officials, and religious teachers extended the authority of the new government, even though their salaries absorbed much of the revenue raised from local communities.
Ifriqiya's social structure resembled that of Arabia because both societies were organized in kabïlas. Hassan adapted the Arabian practice of collecting sadaka, a levy on collective wealth in animals, to the mountain and desert areas of his province. The system required officials to visit tribal groups periodically, appoint judges, and provide teachers or missionaries who could lead prayers and instruct the population in Islam.
Kayrawan gave the province a durable institutional and intellectual center. Hassan's renovation of its mosque strengthened the city's role in Islamic learning and culture, while the province's extensive territory connected the Muslim lands east of Tripoli with the wider Maghrib. From this base, later governors and commanders directed the conquest and incorporation of the central and western Maghrib.
VIIᵉ siècle – VIIIᵉ siècle
North Africa
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Ifriqiya was the principal Muslim-administered province of North Africa during the final phase of the Arab conquest. Hassan ibn al-Nu'man organized it through governors, district officials, taxation, judges, and religious teachers. Its capital, Kayrawan, became a major center of Islamic learning and culture, while the province served as the administrative keystone for Muslim expansion across the Maghrib.
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Le récit
After the death of Ukba, Hassan ibn al-Nu'man organized Ifriqiya according to the administrative principles used throughout the Islamic empire. Existing provincial divisions were retained, while governors and vice-governors supervised districts and taxes were collected through established fiscal procedures. In the tribal and mountainous regions, judges, tax officials, and religious teachers extended the authority of the new government, even though their salaries absorbed much of the revenue raised from local communities.
Ifriqiya's social structure resembled that of Arabia because both societies were organized in kabïlas. Hassan adapted the Arabian practice of collecting sadaka, a levy on collective wealth in animals, to the mountain and desert areas of his province. The system required officials to visit tribal groups periodically, appoint judges, and provide teachers or missionaries who could lead prayers and instruct the population in Islam.
Kayrawan gave the province a durable institutional and intellectual center. Hassan's renovation of its mosque strengthened the city's role in Islamic learning and culture, while the province's extensive territory connected the Muslim lands east of Tripoli with the wider Maghrib. From this base, later governors and commanders directed the conquest and incorporation of the central and western Maghrib.