Editing AD 757 (section)

==== Africa ====
* The city of  [[Sijilmasa]] (modern [[Morocco]]) is founded by the [[Miknasa]], a [[Zenata]] [[Berber people|Berber]] tribe. They adopt [[Khawarij|Kharijism]]-Islam, and establish the [[Emirate]] of Sijilmasa in the northern [[Sahara]]. It becomes a wealthy [[Trade|trading]] center as the western end-point of the [[Trans-Saharan trade]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p.26.</ref>

* The [[Berbers|Warfajuma Berbers]] and their [[Sufrite]] allies sweep up from southern Tunisia and capture [[Kairouan]], killing Emir [[Habib ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri|Habib Al-Fihri]] and putting an end to the [[Fihrids|Fihrid dynasty]]. In the meantime, the [[Ibadites]] that [[Habib ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri|Ibn Habib]] had driven out of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] return, rallied by their imam [[Abu al-Khattab|Abu al-Khattab al-Ma'afiri]] in [[Nafusa Mountains|Jebel Nefusa]], the [[Ibadites]] recapture [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].