Fihrid dynasty

…end in 747 when the Fihrids, the descendants of ʿUqbah ibn Nāfiʿ—taking advantage of the Umayyads’ preoccupation with the ʿAbbāsid rebellion that led to their downfall—seized power in Ifrīqiyyah. The Fihrid dynasty controlled all of Tunisia except for the south, which was dominated at the time by the Warfajūma Berber…