Ourferdjouma

The Ourferdjouma or Urfedjouma, Warfajuma were a large Nefzaoua Sufrite Berber tribe. After capturing Kairouan in 757-758 from the Fihrids, the Ourferdjouma plundered the city and massacred the population.[1] These atrocities and the desecration of the Grand Mosque of Kairouan provoked the Ibadi Berbers who after capturing Tripoli, occupied Kairouan in 758 putting an end to their terror.[2]

In the 10th century, they participated with the Fatimids against the revolt of Abu Yazid. Ibn Khaldun states that the tribe of Urfedjouma was reduced to such a degree of weakness that it eventually dispersed and the remnants of its people merged into the ranks of the other tribes.[3]

See also

References
  1. Khelifa, Abderrahmane (2012-10-04). "Nefzaoua (Nafzawa) : Moyen-âge". Encyclopédie berbère (in French) (33): 5389–5392. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.2704. ISSN 1015-7344.
  2. Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1971). A history of the Maghrib. Internet Archive. Cambridge [Eng.] University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-07981-5.
  3. Khelifa, Abderrahmane (2013-06-02). "Ourferdjouma (Tribu)". Encyclopédie berbère (in French) (36): 5980–5981. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.2867. ISSN 1015-7344.

Sources
  • Ibn Khaldun, Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique, 1852 transl. Algiers.
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