Sanhaja

E360646

Berber tribal confederation ethnic group

The Sanhaja were a major Berber tribal confederation of the western Sahara and Maghreb, historically influential in trans-Saharan trade and the rise of Islamic dynasties in North Africa.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Sanhaja canonical	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Berber tribal confederation ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Almoravid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Almoravids Ibn Yasin ⓘ
culture	Islamic Berber culture ⓘ nomadic Saharan culture ⓘ
descendants	Tuareg ⓘ Zenaga people ⓘ various Hassaniya-speaking tribes ⓘ
economicActivity	camel herding ⓘ pastoral nomadism ⓘ trans-Saharan caravan trade ⓘ
ethnicity	Berbers ⓘ surface form: Berber
hasSubgroup	Banu Tujin ⓘ surface form: Banu Gudala Banu Lamta ⓘ Banu Massufa ⓘ Banu Tujin ⓘ Banu Warith ⓘ Gudala ⓘ Lamtuna ⓘ Massufa ⓘ Tujin ⓘ Zanaga ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ early Islamic period ⓘ
historicalRole	contributors to spread of Islam in western Sahara and Maghreb ⓘ key actors in trans-Saharan trade ⓘ major Berber confederation of western Sahara and Maghreb ⓘ
influenced	Almoravid dynasty ⓘ rise of Islamic dynasties in North Africa ⓘ
languageFamily	Berber languages ⓘ
locatedIn	North Africa ⓘ surface form: Maghreb North Africa ⓘ Spanish Sahara ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
partOf	Berbers ⓘ surface form: Berber peoples
politicalRole	formed basis of Almoravid movement ⓘ provided military support to Islamic reform movements ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Atlas Mountains ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ southern Morocco ⓘ western Algeria ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousRole	early adopters of Islam among Saharan Berbers ⓘ
subgroupOf	Zenata tribal confederations of North Africa ⓘ surface form: Zenata–Sanhaja–Masmuda Berber macro-groups
tradeGoods	gold ⓘ salt ⓘ slaves ⓘ textiles ⓘ
tradeRoutes	routes between Maghreb and West Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Almoravid dynasty → originTribe → Sanhaja ⓘ

Ali ibn Yusuf → tribalAffiliation → Sanhaja ⓘ