History of Islam Vol 3 of 3 by Akbar Shah Najeebabadi

226 The History of Islam
End of Idfisite Rule
Sulaiman bin Abdullah, already mentioned, was brother of Idris
senior or Idris I. He had established his rule in Tlemcen and Tiaret.
Muhammad bin Sulaiman succeeded his father but civil war broke
out among Banu Sulaiman with the result the country broke into
small pieces.
The Aghlabs of Africa
During Umayyad dynasty the viceroy of the Berber countries of
Northern Africa lived in the Qairwan city of Tripoli and the
governors of Morocco and Spain were appointed on the advice of
the Viceroy of Qairwan. During the Abbasid rule, when Spain and
Morocco broke away from the central government, the status of the
Viceroy of Qairwan was reduced to Governor. Since this territory
was also like Morocco with respect to the political climate and the
Berbers that inhabited it, changing of Governors and revolts had
become common.
Ibrahim bin Aghlab
In the wake of frequent changes of the Governor, Muhammad bin
Muqatil took over the province, once again he had to face the
displeasure of
the citizens. They wrote Ibrahim bin Aghlab to request
the Caliph for the province. Following this message Ibrahim bin
Aghlab submitted to Caliph Harun Rashid that he spent one hundred
thousand dinars
from the Egyptian revenue to run the administration
Tnpoli while the province gave nothing in return. After this
statement he promised to
tnpoli without asking for a
send forty thousand dinars annually from
farthing from the central government if
V*** was given to him. Caliph Harun Rashid agreed and
issued Ibrahim bin Aghlab a letter of authority to take over the
administration of the province. Since the change was in the public
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territory. Ibrahim bin
took Aghlab
over die rule of Tripoli and founded a new city
Qairwan adjacent
' to
and named it Abbasia.