The Arab tribes settled among the Berber tribes and adopted their language. . . The nomadic tribes, living alongside them, became one people. An Arab prince named Al-Mustawir was living with his people in the Hijaz. His camels strayed, so he went out to search for them and track them down until he crossed the Nile in Egypt and conquered the lands of the Maghreb. He passed by the mountains of Tripoli, and his slave, Ibn Nahman, asked him about the land. The slave said, "We have rushed into this land, and rushing, for the Arabs, is foolishness." He was thus named with this word. Al-Mustawir married a woman from the Zabanah tribe, and they allied with them. He saw in their land Tarzaka, Sanhaj, and Lamt, whom we have mentioned. She was beautiful, well-built, and perfect in her beauty. Al-Mustawir became infatuated with her, inquired about her, and desired her. He married her, and Tarzaka was at that time without a husband. She had two sons, Sanhaj and Lamt, who were the sons of Lamt. The elder son, born to Al-Mustawir by her, was named Al-Munta. Then Al-Mustawir died, leaving his son Al-Muthanna with his two brothers, Lamt and Sanhaj, with their mother Tarzaka and their maternal uncles from Zabanah. Lamt had many children. Sanhaj also had children, so their offspring multiplied. The Berber tribes gathered against them, and they were driven to the deserts adjacent to the Sea of Al-Mutalam, where they settled. Their tribes are still scattered there today: Banu Ahbab, Ashab Ibil, and Najub. Their men do not stay in one place. The clothing of their men and women is made of wool cloaks, and they wear wool turbans called Karazi on their heads. Their sustenance is from camel milk and its meat, which is prepared and seasoned. Sometimes they bring them colocynth and raisins, but raisins are...