Isa ibn Mazyad al-Aswad
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Isa ibn Mazyad al-Aswad
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Isa ibn Mazyad al-Aswad was the first ruler of the oasis town of Sijilmasa, in what is now southeastern Morocco. According to the traditional account, as narrated by the medieval sources, Sijilmasa was founded in 757/58 by a community of 40 Sufri Kharijites, led by the Berber Samgu ibn Wasul al-Miknasi. The establishment of the town was part of a larger westward movement of Sufri Kharijites in the Maghreb, fleeing the westward expansion of Abbasid power in Ifriqiya, and the establishment of the
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Historical Moroccan figure
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