Umayyad politics and its impact on the Islamic Maghreb

Abstract

      This research deals with the policy of the Umayyad government     institution towards the inhabitants of the regions located in the Islamic   Maghreb, By examining the methods used by military leaders and administrative governors in those areas These methods are restricted by the directives of the central authority in Damascus, and aim to sustain the state of expansion of military operations on land and sea, In order to impose the Umayyad authority on them, and to strive diligently to keep these regions a source from which to collect money and rare treasures for the Umayyad court, without taking into account the rights of citizenship among the inhabitants, Rather, politicians deliberately followed the principle of racial discrimination based on preferring Arabs over Berbers, In addition to the manifestations of tribal fanaticism between the Yemenis and the Qaisis, and the prevalence of torture of the dismissed governors and the confiscation of their property, This arbitrary policy had serious repercussions that led to a massive revolt against the authority of the Umayyad ruler