CHAPTER III

THE ARAB CONQUEST OF AFRICA

The condition of North Africa in the 6th and 7th centuries of the Christian era before the Arab invasion—Muhammad and Muhammadanism—Arabs invade Egypt—The Khariji sect—Arabs invade North Africa—Spain, Morocco, and the Berbers—The Jews and their relations with North Africa—The Fatimite Khalifs—The “Hilalian” invasion—The Almoravides—The Almohades—St Louis—The death of Dom Sebastião—The Sharifian dynasties of Morocco—The Turks in Africa—Arab Egypt—Turkish Egypt—The Arabs of East Africa—Arab influence on Africa 52