Tribes » until he had fifty men who pledged allegiance to him, he made them a second class after the class of the Ten. Organization of Companions - 2 And he realized that the Almoravids began to gather followers from the various tribes, to count these followers. And it is easy to monitor them and strengthen their connection to him. This organization includes the following bodies: The People of the Ten, or the People of the Group: This is a council that includes ten people - A whom the Mahdi chose from his best companions and those who were the first to join him.

The People of the Hundred: This is a council that includes one hundred men, and it seems that it includes, in addition to the ten mentioned above, a group of leaders from the tribes. Among them are six from Hargha, fourteen from Tinmel, three from Hintata, and two from Janfusa, four from Sanhaja, three from Haskura, and one from the rest of the tribes. And five from the strangers. And to them are added the ten mentioned in the first council.

The People of the Seventy: This is a council - C that includes seventy men. It appears to include, in addition to the previous fifty, twenty from representatives of other tribes.

On the declaration of the Mahdiya: see: Burwayb Ibn (25) and onwards. Tumurt: These are: Abd al-Mu'min ibn Ali 1, and Abu Muhammad (26) Al-Qurtas: Ibn Abi Zar' mentioned Al-Bashir, and Abu Hafs Umar ibn Ali Azanaj, and Sulayman ibn Khalluf. And Ibrahim ibn Isma'il al-Khazraji, and Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid Al-Husri. And Abu Imran Musa ibn Tamar, and Abu Uthman ibn Khalaf. And Abu Yahya ibn Bakht. And it is noted that these are nine.

Their completion from other sources: Abu Abdullah ibn Mulawiyya. Compare with what is mentioned in Al-Muktbas min Al-Ansab by Al-Masri: This list does not differ much from the list of the ten who previously pledged allegiance. 79 and in Al-Hull by Ibn Al-Khatib: See: Ibn al-Qattan, Nazm (27) Al-Muktbas min - and onwards, and Al-Masri 30 Al-Juman: and onwards. 40 Al-Ansab: Quoted from Ibn al-Yasa', and he said: I do not see it (28) Nazm Al-Juman: - Mentioned by Ibn al-Qattan correct. And Ibn Athir mentioned it Al-Kamil: 8/298, and Ibn al-Khatib - Al-Hull: 57, 79.

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