Qantrara

Qantrara was an important Ibadite city and the chief town of Rustamid controlled Qastiliya located in the vicinity of Nefta on the Souf road.[1][2] It was mainly populated by the Nafusa.[1][2]

Aghlabid attack

After the battle of Manu, the Aghlabids attacked Qantrara either by Ibrahim personally right after the battle or by his son Abu l-'Abbas in August–September 897.[2] Its in this city where around 500 inhabitants including 80 scholars were imprisoned and brought back to Ifriqiya where they were massacred and gruesomely executed by Ibrahim.[2]

See also

References
  1. Virginie, Prevost. (2008). L’aventure ibāḍite dans le Sud tunisien. Effervescence d’une région méconnue. Helsinki, Academia Scientiarum Fennica (Humaniora vol. 350), 2008. 479 p..
  2. Prevost, Virginie (2012-12-03). "Les enjeux de la bataille de Mânû (283/896)". Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée (in French) (132): 75–90. doi:10.4000/remmm.7825. ISSN 0997-1327.


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