Yala ibn Mohammed
Native name
ⵢⴰⵄⵍⴰ ⵓ ⵎⵓⵀⵎⴰⴷ
Born9th century
Achir
Died958
Frenda
AllegianceBanu Ifran
Years of service950-958
Battles/warsIfrenid conquest of Oran[1]
Ifrenid conquest of Tiaret[2]
Battle of Ifgan[3] †

Yala ibn Mohamed (10th century, Achir - 958, Ifgan) was a Berber leader of the Banu Ifren tribe. He led the tribe from 950 to 958 and was allied with the Fatimids.

Life

He founded Ifgan, now called Frenda. The Umayyad rulers sought to enlist this leader in their cause, and Yala ibn Mohamed would establish his power in the Maghreb. Yala captured Oran, displaced the entire population, and then set the city of Oran on fire.[4] He captured Tiaret and the entire western Maghreb. Yala celebrated with a public prayer from Tiaret to Tangier.[5]

Yala was initially allied with the Fatimids, but he would be assassinated by Jawhar al-Siqilli as the Fatimid ruler al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah suspected treason due to Yala's correspondence with the Umayyad rulers. The assassination of Yala would lead to significant changes in the Maghreb. The Zenata and the Maghrawa would wage war against the Fatimids.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Salinas, Alfred (2004). Oran la joyeuse: mémoires franco-andalouses d'une ville d'Algérie (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-7475-6585-1.
  2. ↑ Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique Septentrionale De Ibn Khaldūn William MacGuckin, partie des Zénètes, édition Berti, Alger 2003.
  3. ↑ Meynier, Gilbert (2010). L'Algérie, coeur du Maghreb classique: de l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (698-1518) (in French). La Découverte. ISBN 978-2-7071-5231-2.
  4. ↑ Salinas, Alfred (2004). Oran la joyeuse: mémoires franco-andalouses d'une ville d'Algérie (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-7475-6585-1.
  5. ↑ Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique Septentrionale De Ibn Khaldūn, William MacGuckin, partie des Zénètes, édition Berti, Alger 2003.
  6. ↑ Khaldūn, Ibn (1854). Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique Septentrionale (in French). Impr. du Gouvernement.
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