Banu Khattab

Banu Khattab was a wealthy Ibadi dynasty of Hawwara origin that thrived off of the Trans-Saharan slave trade.

It ruled over Zawila and the surrounding oases in the Fezzan region from 918/919 until 1172–1177[1][2][3][4][5] when it was sacked and conquered by the Armenian-Mamluk Qaraqush.

[2][6] The instability created by Qaraqush was exploited by the Kanem, who under the reign of Dunama Dabbalemi had seized control of the Fezzan, establishing a new capital at Traghan, a few miles west of Zawila.

[7] They would later go on to rule the Fezzan again under the nominal control of the Hafsids in the 15th century.

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