Battle of Manu explained

Conflict:	Battle of Manu
Date:	3 or 4 May 896
Place:	Manu, (present-day Libya)
Result:	Aghlabid victory
Combatant1:	Aghlabids
Combatant2:	Nafusa
Commander1:	Ibrahim II
Commander2:	Aflah ibn al-Abbs
Strength1:	Unknown
Strength2:	20,000
Casualties1:	Unknown
Casualties2:	12,000 including 400 scholars and jurists

the Battle of Manu was a major battle that was fought in early May 896 near the fort of Manu (Ad Ammonem site, modern Mellita 24 km west of Sabratha, Libya) between the forces of the Aghlabid Emir Ibrahim II and the forces of the Nafusa tribe.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Aftermath

After the battle, the Aghlabids attacked Qantrara, a city and a Rustamid locality located in the vicinity of Nefta and later attacked Nafzawa. In August–September 897, Ibrahim's son Abu l-'Abbas returned and attacked the Nafusa. Its in these campaign where around 300 or 500 inhabitants including 80 scholars were imprisoned and brought back to Ifriqiya where they were massacred and gruesomely executed by Ibrahim.

The disaster at Manu marked the end of Rustamid rule over Jebal Nafusa as the Nafusa deposed their Rustamid governor Aflah ibn al-Abbas and replaced him by his cousin who himself was later replaced by Aflah. In the years following the defeat at Manu, Abdallah ibn al-hayr became the Hakim of Jebel Nafusa.^[7]

Notes and References

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2. 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..
3. Love . Jr . Love . Paul M. . Jr . 2013 . Djerba and the Limits of Rustamid Power. Considering the Ibāḍī Community of Djerba under the Rustamid Imāms of Tāhert (779-909CE) . Al-Qanṭara . 33 . 2 . 297–323 . 1988-2955.
4. Aillet . Cyrille . 2016-06-01 . L’ibadisme maghrébin en contexte fatimide (début xe-milieu xie siècle) . Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée . fr . 139 . 127–146 . 10.4000/remmm.9467 . 0997-1327. free .
5. Aillet . Cyrille . 2012-12-03 . L’ibâḍisme, une minorité au cœur de l’islam . Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée . fr . 132 . 13–36 . 10.4000/remmm.7752 . 0997-1327. free .
6. Hassen . Mohamed . 2012-12-03 . Peuplement et organisation du territoire dans une région d'implantation ibâḍite : le Jebel Demmer dans le sud-est de l'Ifrîqiya (ve/xie- ixe/xve siècle) . Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée . fr . 132 . 137–154 . 10.4000/remmm.7851 . 0997-1327. free .
7. Book: Lewicki, Tadeusz . Ibaditica. 2. Les hakims et les muqaddams du Gabal Nafusa au moyen age . 1962.