north africa

The Karamanli of Libya were an interesting bunch to say the least. They arrived in Libya in 1711, their founder was a Janissary, and seized the governorship of Libya (then the Ottoman province of Tripolitania) and ruled it as a functionally independent state until the 1830s. Their last ruler...

The second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif was one of the most powerful rulers Morocco had in the 17th and 18th centuries, stabilizing its internal affairs after the decades of turmoil that followed the demise of the Saadi dynasty. He then launched several campaigns...

France doesn't undergo the demographic collapse that occurred OTL throughout the 18th and early 19th century and as a result some of these extra people go on to settle and colonise North Africa. Furthermore, because France would have a far higher population proportional to the natives they are...

either Abdallah dies as infant or in Kutama tribes and the Fatimid caliphate never exist, how would the maghreb evolve? and how long will the Ikhshidid dynasty have control in Egypt

What if the French failed to conquer Morocco and establish a protectorate there? What would be the consequences on the Maghreb and the Islamic world in general? Morocco was slowly modernizing from 1873, and was experiencing a succession crisis in the beginning of the 1900s. Map of Morocco in...

The Norman "Kingdom of Africa" is a fascinating yet extremely brief era in North African history. Lasting only twenty years, the "Kingdom" never really amounted to anything beyond a constellation of Norman-held towns along coastal Ifrīqiya, later conquered by the Al-Muwahedeen/Almohad Caliphate...

A prevalent narrative exists revolving around the Banu Hilal and their supposed destructiveness during their migrations into Ifriqiya and the Maghreb. These migrations, both romanticized and demonized, where apparently catalysed by the encouragement of the Fatimids as a punitive measure against...

Morroco and West Africa are the western edge of today's muslim world (given who founded the settler colonies in america I don't think anyone is surprised.) However, prior to Islam spreading under the arabic conquests, the region was a mix of christianity from rome and native paganism. Your...

During the Allied occupation of Libya after ww2 Osman Fuad who remained extremely popular with the Libyan populace was approached by some Libyan notables (like al-Sennusi) to become the King of Libya. Osman Fuad rejected the offer iotl and the crown went to Idris. But what if Osman Fuad had...

September 17th 1938 – Britain – Disaster at Hendon After the Anschluss in March of 1938 there may have been hopes that Hitler might be satisfied with his gains and concentrate on consolidating them, at least for a year or two. There was a brief panic about the possibility of a German attack on...

please answer the follow up questions and like and the share the post 2613BCE Sneferu begins Fourth Dynasty of Egypt POD Sneferu raids Jordan he encounters camels (which were already been domesticated in Arabia). He incorporates them into his army replacing donkeys and creating a camel cavalry...

As someone who's recently been rather interested in the history of relations between Iberia and North Africa , I noticed that one rather common tendency was for a North African power to exert influence in Al-Andalus, whether they invaded or were invited. How sustainable could this union be? The...

At the instigation of the Fatimids, two large pastoralist Arab confederacies, the Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym, migrated towards North Africa in the 11th Century. The Zirid dynasty in North Africa had renounced the Fatimid Caliphate, converting to Sunni Islam and recognizing the Abbasids...

As in the title, what do the fighting navies do if, due to some tremendous British blunder, the axis powers find themselves masters of Egypt, Cyprus and Malta? I'm Imagining this happens some time in 1941 and some damage has been done to the Suez Canal. What can/does the remainder of the...

Can they hold the Exarchate of Africa because of the roman identity, or would it eventually break free from the empire?

The provinces and later Diocese of Africa was one of the wealthiest parts of the Roman Empire, providing much of the food to the European world. This begs the question: what if the barbarians were unable to conquer the region, getting stalled in Spain and Scicily? Would North Africa stand as the...

If one were to visit the Chotts of Tunisia and Algeria today they would see a wide, flat expanse of salt and sand, punctuated by the occasional oases, the only green intervals in that dry sea. But travelling back as early as six thousand years ago, one would have admired a very different...

Supposing Miguel de La Paz survives and the Hapsburgs don't get Spain

I was looking to develop an alternate Indo-European culture for a AH/conlang project. While I was looking at places where it would make sense that a new group of IE people settle, North-Western Africa caught my eye. As I understand there is little to no evidence of IE people crossing the Strait...

Back in 1987 Kingdom of Morocco applied to join the European Community (precursor to the modern E.U.), becoming the 1st Maghreb nation to do so. After much deliberation, Brussels agreed that Morocco meets the criteria of joining the Community due to historic ties and mutual influence Morocco had...