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This article lacks sources and seems to be based on a 100 yrs. old encyclopedia.S711 18:18, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Additions reverted by user

Hello,

My additions to this article were reverted twice by user Atlas. The sources I used are well known but this user deleted them and noted "unreliable primary sources" in the "history" section. Can someone please explain me why are they unreliable ?

Thank you. --Fulgery (talk) 17:47, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

The sources you want to use are primary sources, take a look at WP:PRIMARY. All seconday sources (by prominent modern historians like: Levtzion, Lévi-Provençal, Basset, Hopkins.... and prominent encyclopedias like: encyclopedia of islam 'ed.1", "ed.2" and history books like: The Cambridge History of Africa) denied his sharifian claims (hundreds of religious leadersand sufis did it before him). --Aṭlas (talk) 18:08, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

None of the three sources I provided are primary sources. Even if they were, "Primary" does not mean "bad". These sources are known and reliable, contrary to what you noted.

Moreover, two of them were used before in this same article...

Sorry, but your arguments opposing the mention of his Arab origin are weak, and I'm going to restore my additions (I'm adding a fourth source by the way ^^), in addition to deleting this incorrect "Amghar" name.

As for the sources claiming a Berber lineage, I have to look precisely at their proofs as the links provided are not helping. Meanwhile, I'm taking into account the difference of opinion in leaving the Berber origin with "citation needed", along with the Arab one.

It's OK to have the two mentions next to each other if they are both sourced-Fulgery (talk) 20:11, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

I recommend you for a second time to take a look at WP:PRIMARY. None of your sources is reliable by[REDACTED] criteria. Encyclopædia of Islam clearly denied this claim. --Aṭlas (talk) 12:35, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

For a second time, the sources I provided are reliable. The fact that one or several sources doubted the claim does not mean that we should ignore all the other sources citing and validating his Arab lineage. There's no way his Arab ethnicity shouldn't be mentioned in this article.

I'm restoring my contribution and I'm making a dispute resolution request. Fulgery (talk) 13:51, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

So suspecious! How in the hell a one day account know the "dispute resolution request"? --Aṭlas (talk) 14:11, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

"the sources I provided are reliable"

'Mafakhir Al-barbar' is a primary source. 'ديوان المبتدأ والخبر في تاريخ العرب والبربر ومن عاصرهم من ذوي الشأن الأكبر' is a primary source. Ibn khalkans' dictionnary (translated primary source!) is just tracing the claimed Sharifian lineage. 'Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan' is not a reliable source because Hugh Thomas (the author) is not specialized in islamic history (or african history).

"The fact that one or several sources doubted the claim does not mean that we should ignore all the other sources citing and validating his Arab lineage."

Encyclopedia of islam (1st edition by Rene Basset and 2nd edition by hopkins) !? The cambridge history of africa!? Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of Al-Andalus (Hugh kennedy!!)!?..... --Aṭlas (talk) 14:52, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Once again, you reverted my contribution, so I'm restoring it.

You're repeating yourself so I'm repeating myself : I've read the pages about the primary and secondary sources and your arguments are weak. The clear mention of the famous Arab ancestry as I've added it belongs naturally to this article even if it has been denied by some.

I completed the dispute resolution procedure. Fell free to post your summary of the confict --here-- Fulgery (talk) 15:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

The arguments are weak for you not for[REDACTED] criteria. It's your point of view, Keep it for yourself. If you continue adding primary sources, unreadable sources, removing what you don't like, ignoring[REDACTED] criteria. You will be reported to administrators. Is this what you didn't understand in the WP:PRIMARY: "Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation.", "Do not analyze, evaluate, interpret, or synthesize material found in a primary source yourself; instead, refer to reliable secondary sources that do so." !!? Finally take a look at this WP:VERIFY. Regards --Aṭlas (talk) 15:59, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

My sources are admissible, known and reliable. I simply added the clear mention of his famous Arab lineage and the arguments you opposed to this are weak, that's why I restored it.

I'm not ignoring Misplaced Pages rules, it was you who deleted the content that was added by me and it was me who made a dispute resolution request concerning your behavior. Fulgery (talk) 16:42, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

(For disclosure, I was alerted to this controversy by Aṭlas) Fulgery has a point in so far as primary sources attribute him an Arab Sharifian lineage; this must be mentioned. Primary sources are indeed not "bad", but this is a perfect case why they alone do not suffice. Misplaced Pages reflects scholarly consensus, and in this case it is pretty clear: the modern, scholarly sources are equally clear that this lineage is fictitious, and that he was thoroughly Berber. To pick but one, the EI2 is unequivocal: "there can be no doubt that he was a pure Berber despite the various S̲h̲arīfian genealogies attributed to him". So his Arab lineage needs to be treated accordingly: there are medieval sources that claim this, but modern consensus research them. Constantine ✍ 17:26, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello @Cplakidas:

I think These two sentences "By his own declaration and that of his followers, he claimed to be descendant of Idriss I, a descendant of Hassan, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who took refuge in Morocco in the 8th-century. However, and despite being supported by Ibn Khaldun, this ascendency is today discredited." are sufficient for this page. As the modern scholars Agree that this is a genealogical fiction. --Aṭlas (talk) 17:49, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

1)"Primary sources are indeed not "bad", but this is a perfect case why they alone do not suffice." Could you please explain what do you mean by "primary sources" ? How are my sources primary (not that there's anything wrong with that) ? The fact that Ibn Tumart's claim is widely known, reported and is validated by several sources should be sufficient to clearly mention it.

2) Misplaced Pages reflects scholarly consensus : there's no scholarly consensus that he was not of Arab descent, so deleting the mention isn't justified. I also remind you that I didn't delete the Berber mention.

Now, for the modern scholars consensus part, how do we decree a consensus ? Have we reviewed all the sources ? And how in the world can Encyclopaedia Islamica have "no doubt" that he was a "pure" Berber ? Also, look at the phrase that comes after : "Of His first 30 or so years we Have no real knowledge."

Other modern sources can tell us that he was from or was born into some Berber tribe, but that doesn't contradict the fact that he had an Arab lineage. You can live amongst a group while retaining a distinctive ancestry. It is a known fact in the Maghreb.

So no, "the modern, scholarly sources are" not "equally clear that this lineage is fictitious" and this is why I replaced the generalization "is today discredited" by "is today questionned by some".

3) The "Amghar" name for Ibn Tumart is incorrect so I deleted it. Encyclopaedia Islamica is not infallible and has more than one version.

4) I asked for sources for the "largely disputed" concerning the "claim of Shariffian lineage of Morocco's current ruling dynasty, the Alaouites" and this has also been deleted. Fulgery (talk) 19:26, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

What I mean by primary sources is what anyone means by primary sources: the sources that form the raw material for a subject, prior to having been subjected to analysis. Ibn Khaldun is a primary source; so is Ibn Khallikan, and any other medieval source. They are usable only when corroborated or complemented by a modern secondary source, i.e., a scientific analysis by a modern scholar. "there's no scholarly consensus that he was not of Arab descent, so deleting the mention isn't justified" is your opinion, not what the modern sources say. "Encyclopaedia Islamica is not infallible"; indeed the Encyclopaedia of Islam is not infallible, but it is the premier English-language reference work on anything related to Islamic studies, written by the most renowned scholars in the field. Whether you or I doubt it or not is beside the point: we report what peer-reviewed, scientific sources write, not our own conclusions, guesses, and hypotheses, even if they seem plausible to us. If you want to challenge any of its content, bring sources of equal standing, i.e. modern works by specialists in the field. Primary sources, especially sources that report what is explicitly rejected by modern sources, are not acceptable. On the descent of the modern Alaouites, I agree that a source is needed if it is to stay in the article, but that has no bearing on the main issue here. Constantine ✍ 19:57, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

"Ibn Khaldun is a primary source" : Ibn Khaldun cited the historians accepting his Arab descent and he gave his conclusions concerning this claim, so he's a secondary source and the books of the historians he consulted are primary sources, no ? Even if he was a primary source, his work is authoritative enough to justify a citation and to prevent a deletion, no ? "Primary" does not mean "bad".

Also in justifying the mention of a said descent in this article, a medieval source that cite the Arab descent based on prior works without denying is as acceptable as a modern source that says "there can be no doubt that he was a pure Berber" without explanation.

Here is the main issue : I added a sourced Arab descent for Ibn Tumart (without deleting the Berber descent). The user Aṭlas deleted this mention multiple times. Is this justified ? No, I don't think so. You said yourself that "this must be mentioned".

For me, a solution possible is to mention the two lineages and to relate the differences of opinions between the medieval and modern scholars in the article. Fulgery (talk) 23:21, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Again, Aṭlas deleted my contribution depite of me having made a dispute resolution request concerning him. He also said, in the revision history section : « your edits look like a POV pushing and personal interpretation »…
I’m restoring the article in the state in which it was when I made the dispute resolution request. I hope that doesn't make me fall into the "edit warrior" category.
I ask someone to tell him to stop behaving like this and I ask Aṭlas to please refrain from making assumptions.

1) To Constantine and others, here are some complements concerning Ibn Tumart's lineage that I would like to add after the conflict resolution :
- From « The Dearest Quest: A Biography of Ibn Tumart, 2010 » :
« Historians, however, differ about Ibn Tumart's Prophetic lineage. The Almohad authors, such as al-Baydhaq and Ibn al-Qattan. assert this Prophetic lineage. Others, such as al-Marrakushi and Ibn Khaldun, do not refute Ibn Tumart's Prophetic lineage. Al-Marrakushi. who wrote his work in Baghdad, says that Ibn Tumart's Prophetic lineage “was found written in his own handwriting.” Ibn Khallikan says that he found Ibn Tumart's Prophetic lineage “on the back of a book.”
These statements have encouraged modem Arab scholars, such as Abd Allah Ali Allam and Abd al-Hamid al-'Abbadi, to accept Ibn Tumart's Prophetic lineage.'
Other historians question the authenticity of Ibn Tumart's Prophetic lineage. The Shafi'i scholar al-Dhahabi says that Ibn Tumart “claimed to be an Alawid Hasanite. Ibn Abi Zar and Ibn Abi Dinar, who lived after the fall of the Almohad state, report that 'it is said that he claimed that noble lineage as mentioned by Ibn Matruh al-Qaysi. who said he was a man from Hargha of the Masamida tribes known as Muhammad Ibn Tumart al-Harghi. " Ibn al-Tmad al-Hanbali (d. AH 1089/CE 1678) says that Ibn Tumart was a liar, and he claimed to be a Hasanite. while he was a Berber from Hargha.''
It is noticeable that some historians dispute Ibn Tumart's Prophetic lineage, though they do not bring forth plausible reasons for their mistrust. A few modem scholars have tried to explain their refutation of Ibn Tumart's Prophetic lineage.
The French historian Alfred Bel (1873-1945) says that Ibn Tumart claimed the noble lineage to justify his claim to be the Mahdi. Nehemia Levtzion (1935-2003) says that Ibn Tumart “invented a fictitious genealogy to show that he was a descendant of the Prophet. An Azharite scholar. Sa d Muhammad Hasan, says that Ibn Tumart “invented for himself an Arab lineage that ends at Ali Ibn Abi Talib or at the Messenger himself' to claim his Mahdism, and to be supported by “the fabricated hadiths" that do not verify a Mahdi from outside the Prophetic family.
This scathing criticism does not analyse the names of Ibn Tumart's lineage. Rather, it attempts to spell out the supposed reason that prompted Ibn Tumart and his disciples to declare this lineage. It also quotes those writers who oppose this lineage and ignores those historians who validate it.
However, it is difficult for us to deal with this disputable issue because there are no authentic documents to confirm or discard Ibn Tumart's official lineage. Yet, there are some pertinent points that should be considered here.''
First. al-Marrakushi says that Ibn Tumart's people are called “Isarghinan,” meaning in Berber the “Sharifs" (al- Shurafa). This suggests that it was not Ibn Tumart who proclaimed his Prophetic lineage. Second. Sulayman, who was mentioned in Ibn Tumart's lineage, had many descendants in the Maghrib.' The author of Mafakhir al-Barbar says that “Sulayman lived in Tlemcen and had a son called Muhammad who had many children. “All the Qurayshes there are from Sulayman's son." Some of Muhammad's sons went to “the Far Sus" region. “All the Qurayshes there are from them."'' Third, Ibn Khaldun reports that many people in the Masamida and the Sus belonged to Sulayman. who “came to the Maghrib following his brother Idris, and settled in Tlemcen and his sons were separated in the Maghrib." Ali Ibn Abi Talib s descendants in the Sus are Sulayman's offspring. This means that it is possible that Ibn Tumart was a descendant of Sulayman. Fourth, the author of Mafakhir al-Barbar says that Idris “had twelve sons." His son Muhammad dispersed his brothers all over the region, and some of them settled down in the Sus region. This indicates that some of Ali Ibn Abi Talib's descendants were in Ibn Tumart's homeland.'
Ibn Khaldun, however, presents a different reasoning argument. He says that rejecting Ibn Tumart s Prophetic lineage “is not supported by evidence." even if Ibn Tumart proclaimed it. He then argues that "there is no proof that invalidates Ibn Tumart s lineage, "because the people are trustworthy about their lineage." Many people followed Ibn Tumart. not because of his “Fatimid |Fatimi) lineage." but because of tribal fanaticism. Ibn Tumart’s family were aware of their lineage, even if other people have ignored it. Ibn Khaldun’s argument is cogent, and disputes the idea that Ibn Tumart made up his lineage to gain supporters. »'''
- From "Arabic Thought and its Place in History; 1922" :
"The foundation of the Muwahhids is associated with Ibn Tumart (d. 524 A.H. = 1129 A.D.). He was a native of Morocco, and a strange combination of fanatic and scholastic. He claimed to be a descendant of ‘Ali, and posed as the "Mahdi" possessing the supernatural grace of isma or "security from error," and thus introduced Shi‘ite ideas into Morocco;"
- From "Dictionary of African Biography, Volume 6, 2012" : "Born into a noble line of Berber chiefs or ugailids, and able to claim Arab heritage as a sharif, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, Ibn Tumart’s claimed dual identity would help him later in life as he preached a fundamental interpretation of the Arabic Qur'an to the Berber, Masmuda Mountain tribes of the Atlas."
- From "The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 2, 2010":
"Accounts of Berber merits and genealogies such as the Mafakhir al barbar were recorded, although Ibn Tumart was presented as a member of the Prophet's family"
- From "Encyclopedia of Africa, Volume 1, 2010" :
"The origin of the movement is traced to Muhammad ibn Tumart, an Arab reformer in MOROCCO who preached moral reform and the doctrine of the unity of the unity of divine being."
- I also want to remind you that I'd already provided this source : The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and the New, 1918 :
"Its founder, Ibn Tumart, was an Arab who had been adopted by one of the Berber Tribes."

Despite having provided modern sources to support my contribution, I still don’t understand and don't see in the rules why authoritative sources like Ibn Khaldun (and other medieval scholars citing or discussing the claim) were not sufficient for at least citing the two lineages one next to the other and prevent the deleting, even if some modern scholars differ with their views ?

I now reiterate my proposition for putting an end to the conflict : citing the two descents, and relating the differences of opinions between scholars in the article’s body. What do you think ?

2) Concerning the name "Amghar" : « Amghar » is not Ibn Tumart’s name, it’s one of his father’s names. There’s an error in the source provided by Aṭlas, Encyclopaedia of Islam 1st ed., that’s why I deleted it. In the 2nd ed., there’s no mention of this « Amghar » name anymore.

« Tumart was also called al-Shaykh and Amghar, indicating the chief of a clan or village. »

« As the son of an amghar, or chief, Ibn Tūmart was exposed to the ways. »

"Certainly, he must have come from a relatively well-off background, for his father bore the title of Amghar, denoting the headman of a village or kabila in southern Morocco. (General History of Africa - Volume IV - Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century 2010, p. 19)"

3) Aṭlas again deleted my « citation needed » for The part « Even today the claim of Shariffian lineage of Morocco's current ruling dynasty, the Alaouites, is largely disputed ». I’m just asking for sources. Fulgery (talk) 09:18, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

To both Fulgery and Aṭlas: while a dispute is being discussed in the talk page, you should avoid continuing the edit-war. it can quickly lead to sanctions and does not aid the process of finding a consensus. Thanks to Fulgery for the sources; I will have a look on the subject over the weekend (too busy with work right now) and propose a solution that will reflect the scholarly consensus and the sources, and hopefully be acceptable to both. Constantine ✍ 14:07, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

"Again, Aṭlas deleted my contribution depite of me having made a dispute resolution request concerning him. He also said, in the revision history section : « your edits look like a POV pushing and personal interpretation »…"

The dispute resolution request is not a good reason to restore the page to the disputed version! Before you edited there was no dispute in this page. You are the one who must explain his changes.

"I’m restoring the article in the state in which it was when I made the dispute resolution request. I hope that doesn't make me fall into the "edit warrior" category."

The dispute resolution request is not a good reason to restore the page to the disputed version! Before you edits there was no dispute in this page. You are the one who must explain his changes.

"I ask someone to tell him to stop behaving like this and I ask Aṭlas to please refrain from making assumptions."

playing the victim Wouldn't work.

1)"The Dearest Quest: A Biography of Ibn Tumart"

Well, I don't think a work of a "British independent intellectual, research scholar, author, publisher, and political activist." would be concidered a reliable source, i.e., not a historian! So No need to copy paste all this page to explain your situation. + this book was published by "JERUSALEM ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS" (unknown publishing company) hhh you can't compare this to Brill publishers.

"- From "Arabic Thought and its Place in History; 1922" :"The foundation of the Muwahhids is associated with Ibn Tumart (d. 524 A.H. = 1129 A.D.). He was a native of Morocco, and a strange combination of fanatic and scholastic. He claimed to be a descendant of ‘Ali, and posed as the "Mahdi" possessing the supernatural grace of isma or "security from error," and thus introduced Shi‘ite ideas into Morocco;""

He claimed to be a descendant of ‘Ali, and posed as the "Mahdi" possessing the supernatural grace of isma or "security from error," and thus introduced Shi‘ite ideas into Morocco.

To become the mahdi you need to be a decendant of Muhammed. For that you find many Mahdi caimants invented fictional genealogical trees to strengthen their claims. Lol there is persians, kurds, Berbers who claimed this, so no need to inflate these allegations. As there is tens of jesus claimants and budha claimants, messiah....

"- From "Dictionary of African Biography, Volume 6, 2012" : "Born into a noble line of Berber chiefs or ugailids, and able to claim Arab heritage as a sharif, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, Ibn Tumart’s claimed dual identity would help him later in life as he preached a fundamental interpretation of the Arabic Qur'an to the Berber, Masmuda Mountain tribes of the Atlas.""

Born into a noble line of Berber chiefs or ugailids, and able to claim Arab heritage as a sharif, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, Ibn Tumart’s claimed dual identity would help him later in life as he preached a fundamental interpretation of the Arabic Qur'an to the Berber, Masmuda Mountain tribes of the Atlas.

That's a mispresentation (or a misunderstanding) from you. Do you think that this will help your arguments ? The text is clear, he was born in to a noble Berber family and all his paternal ancestors were Ugallids (plural of agallid wich means a Tribal Berber chief). Let's move to the "able to claim Arab heritage as a sharif". This phrase you understand it in your way of thinking and your point of view, the phrase is clear. To claim a sharif lineage you should come from a noble Berber family. That's it!

So, we should Avoid sources like The encyclopedia of islam and The cambridge history of Africa, Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of Al-Andalus.... Just to satisfy you ? I think "Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies: Understanding the Past" has cleary discussed this genealogies and genealogical claims (Zirids claimed himyarite origin, Abd almumin and his descendants created a Qaysi genealogy, Al-jazuli claimed a sherif origin, and hundred of others who needed legitimacy for their rule or their claims as mahdis (or sufis...)): p:80 "The Qaysi genealogy was needed for the Mu’minids’ self-proclamation as caliphs, a title the Mu’minids felt was legitimate to adopt as successors to a messianic figure, the Mahdi Ibn Tumart. Although he was presented as a descendant of the Prophet’s family, Ibn Tumart was a Berber from the Masmuda, a tribal group with a long history of producing prophets and messianic figures." So this is not the first for a masmuda Berber to claim an alien origin, there was tens of prophet claimants (barghawata) and mahdi claimant in the history of this tribe.

"2)Concerning the name "Amghar" : « Amghar » is not Ibn Tumart’s name, it’s one of his father’s names. There’s an error in the source provided by Aṭlas, Encyclopaedia of Islam 1st ed., that’s why I deleted it. In the 2nd ed., there’s no mention of this « Amghar » name anymore."

The entry of Ibn Tūmart The Encyclopaedia of Islam 1st ed. was written by Rene Bassé, 2nd ed. was written by hopkins. The content has changed, because they are different authors! and this don't give you the right to remove it.

Finally, there is a more specialized source in almohad history, "Governing the Empire-Provincial Administration in the Almohad Caliphate (1224–1269)"p:24 "Sources place Ibn Tūmart’s date of birth sometime between 469/1076 and 474/1082. Descended from the Hargha Berber tribe, part of the Maṣmūda group",p:5 "The messianic dimensions of Almohad power are confirmed first in the mahdī status attributed to the movement’s founder; this Shiite-inspired term had strong eschatological connotations. Fictitious genealogies, a concession to the constraints of the period that accorded importance to the nobility of one’s ancestry, traced the bloodline of not only Ibn Tūmart (d. 1130), but also the first caliph, ʿAbd al-Muʾmin (r. 1130–1162) back toʿAlī, the prophet’s son-in-law and cousin" + a more specialized source in messianism (islamic messianism i.e., mahdism) "Messianism and Puritanical Reform: Mahdīs of the Muslim West"p: 162 He was a Berber. The sources promoted by the Almohads, al-Baydhaq but more specifically the Kitab al-Ansab claim that the future Mahdì was a sharìf of Idrìsid origin called Muhammad b. 'Abd Allàh, and a descendant of 'Ubayd Allàh b. Idrìs b. Idrìs I, an Idrìsid who had settled in the Sùs after the dispersion of the sons of Idrìs II. This is the alleged origin which became prevalent. Both the name and the lineage would become fundamental to Ibn Tumart’s later status as a Mahdi.

P.s: Histoire des berbères, et des dynasties musulmanes de l'afrique septentrionale (the french traslation of ديوان المبتدأ والخبر في تاريخ العرب والبربر ومن عاصرهم من ذوي الشأن الأكبر by William McGuckin de Slane) there is a note by the translator (baron de slane) in volume 2 p:162, my translation of the french text is "Ibn-Khaldun could easily have demonstrated the falsehood of this genealogy; But he had to avoid looking too scrupulously at the origin and conduct of an adventurer whom the Hafsids respected as the founder of their religion. The Hafsid sultan, Abu-'l-Abbas, to whom our author communicated his work, might have been offended by such boldness."

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1) Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia (edited by: Josef W. Meri) p:374 "The founder of the al-Muwahhidun confederation, Abu Abdillah Muhammad b. Abdillah b. Tumart, a Masmudian Berber, was born (AH 471/1078 CE or AH 474/1081 CE) in the city of Sus, located in Morocco’s Anti-Atlas Mountains."

2) Classical Islam: A History, 600-1258 (edited by: Gustave E. von Grunebaum), p:181 "Ibn Tumart, a Berber of the Hargha tribe of the Masmuda, hence a mountain peasant and no nomad ....."

3) Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of Al-Andalus (edited by: Hugh Kennedy) p:197 "Ibn Tumart was born between 1078 and 1082 in Ijilliz a village in the Sus, the great valley which separates the western range of the High Atlas from the Anti-Atlas to the south. He came from the Hargha tribe wich was itself a branch of the Masmuda, as were the inhabitants of most of the villages of the Atlas."

4) The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2A (edited by:Bernard Lewis, Ann Lambton, Peter Holt, the Part VII by Roger Le Tourneau) p:224 "..., Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Tumart returned from the east where he had been studying for some years. He was a Berber from Sus, who, like many others of his period had been travelling 'in search of learning'"

5) A History of Islamic Spain (edited by: W. Montgomery Watt, Pierre Cachia), p:89 "The founder of the Almohad movement is commonly known as Ibn-Tumart (Tumart being a Berber diminutive of his father's name Umar). His family belonged to a branch of the tribe of Hintata, and he was born in a vellage in the atlas in the years round about 1082". --Aṭlas (talk) 21:39, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Ibn Tumart Arab? On the very first page of Allen Fromherz's The Almohads: Rise of an Islamic Empire (2010): "Muhammad Ibn Tumart, the son of a minor Berber chief from the Atlas Mountains south of Marrakesh" (p.1) Goes on a few pages later, "The Hargha, or more precisely the Ait Argan (Ait in Berber means "people of") were Ibn Tumart's ethnic and tribal group, which remains in the area today" (p.20). "Ibn Tumart was born into a Berber tribe and an Atlas Mountain Berber social context" (p.20), "Ibn Tumart was the Berber son of a Berber chief" etc. That said, it is true Ibn Tumart (sometimes) claimed sharifian descendency from the Prophet (which Fromherz goes into detail on that it was almost certainly invented, and that even Almohad sympathizers like Ibn Khaldun himself claimed it was probably invented, but left it to others to disprove). That said, even if it is true that Ibn Tumart had an Arab somewhere in his ancestors, that doesn't make him Arab. Something like 10% of the world's population has Genghis Khan as an ancestor - that doesn't make them Mongols. One thing is certain: Ibn Tumart was born Berber, lived Berber and died Berber, and no secondary (or even primary source) suggests otherwise. Walrasiad (talk) 01:22, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

@Walrasiad:This is actually what I was explaining to him. Check my points above. --Aṭlas (talk) 01:53, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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