Banu Khattab

Banu Khattab was a wealthy Ibadi dynasty of Hawwara origin that thrived off of the Trans-Saharan slave trade. It ruled over Zawila and the surrounding oases in the Fezzan region from 918/919 until 1172–1177^{[1][2][3][4][5]} when it was sacked and conquered by the Armenian-Mamluk Qaraqush.^[2][6] The instability created by Qaraqush was exploited by the Kanem, who under the reign of Dunama Dabbalemi had seized control of the Fezzan, establishing a new capital at Traghan, a few miles west of Zawila.^[7]

Banu Khattab
Capital	Zawila
Religion	Islam (Ibadi)
Government
•	Abdallah Ibn Khattab al-Hawwari
•	Muhammed ibn al-Khattab
History
• Established	918/919
• Disestablished	c.1177
Preceded by Succeeded by Rustamid dynasty Qaraqush's domain
Today part of	Libya

They would later go on to rule the Fezzan again under the nominal control of the Hafsids in the 15th century.^[2][8]

See also

• Awlad Muhammad