Editing History of Morocco (section)

=== Berber Revolt (740–743) ===
{{Main|Berber Revolt}}
In 740 CE, spurred on by puritanical [[Kharijite]] agitators, the native Berber population [[Berber Revolt|revolted]] against the ruling [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. The rebellion began among the Berber tribes of western Morocco, and spread quickly across the region. Although the insurrection petered out in 742 CE before it reached the gates of [[Kairouan]], neither the Umayyad rulers in Damascus nor their [[Abbasid]] successors managed to re-impose their rule on the areas west of [[Ifriqiya]]. Morocco passed out of Umayyad and Abbasid control, and fragmented into a collection of small, independent Berber states such as [[Berghwata]], [[Sijilmassa]] and [[Emirate of Nekor|Nekor]], in addition to [[Tlemcen]] and [[Tahert]] in what is now western [[Algeria]].<ref name="Duby">Georges Duby, ''Atlas Historique Mondial'', Larousse Ed. (2000), pp.220 & 224 ({{ISBN|2702828655}})</ref> The Berbers went on to shape their own version of Islam. Some, like the [[Banu Ifran]], retained their connection with radical puritan Islamic sects, while others, like the [[Berghwata]], constructed a new [[Syncretism|syncretic faith]].<ref name="AN42">Abun-Nasr 1987, p.42</ref><ref>G. Deverdun, [http://encyclopedieberbere.revues.org/1294 "Bargẖawāṭa"], Encyclopédie berbère, vol. 9, Edisud, 1991, pp.1360–1361</ref>