Emirate of Nekor

Emirate of Nekor
إمارة بني صالح
710–1019
The Emirate of Nekor (yellow) at the time of the Idrisid dynasty.
The Emirate of Nekor (yellow) at the time of the Idrisid dynasty.
StatusClient state of the Umayyad Caliphate (710–750)
CapitalTemsaman (710–760)
Nekor (760–1019)
Common languagesArabic
Berber
Religion
Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Emir 
• 710–749
Salih I ibn Mansur
• 947–970
Jurthum ibn Ahmad
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
710
• Disestablished
1019
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Umayyad Caliphate
Caliphate of Qurtubah

The Emirate of Nekor or Salihid Emirate (Arabic: إمارة بني صالح, romanizedʾImārat Banī Ṣāliḥ) was an Arab emirate centered in the Rif area of present-day Morocco. Its capital was initially located at Temsaman, and then moved to Nekor. The dynasty was of Himyarite Arab descent from a certain companion of Uqba ibn Nafi (d. 683).[1] The emirate was founded in 710 CE by Salih I ibn Mansur through a Caliphate grant. Under his guidance, the local Berber tribes adopted Islam, but later deposed him in favor of one az-Zaydi from the Nafza tribe. They subsequently changed their mind and reappointed Ibn Mansur. His dynasty, the Banū Sālih, thereafter ruled the region until 1019.

  1. ^ Picard, Christophe (2018-01-21). Sea of the Caliphs. Harvard University Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-674-66046-5.

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