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Ikjan (Arabic: ايكجان,
Berber languages: ⵉⴽⵊⴰⵏ) is a
former town near the present-day town of Beni Aziz in Algeria.
Between 902 and 909 it
served as the...
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evacuated Tazrut (which was
largely unfortified) and fled to
Ikjan,
leaving Mila to be retaken.
Ikjan became the new
center of the
Fatimid movement and the dā'ī...
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forced to flee
their base at
Tazrut and re-establish
themselves at
Ikjan.: 106–107
Ibrahim II died in
October 902
while besieging Cosenza in Italy...
- from
Ikjan to Tazrut. As a
veritable prophet in the
midst of an
ignorant people, Abu
Abdallah modelled his
activities on the
example of Muhammad:
Ikjan and...
- flee into the desert. The army then
turned northeast, and Sa'id
visited Ikjan, the
original base of Abu Abdallah's
mission among the Kutama.
There Sa'id...
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attracted them to Isma'ili Shi'ism, and
accompanied them on
their return. In
Ikjan,
their chief town, the da'i
managed to win the
sympathy of the po****tion...
- mahdi, new da'is were appointed, and a new holy book written.
Starting from
Ikjan, the
original centre of Abu Abdallah's mission, the
revolt spread to the...
