- Ha-Mim
Ha-Mim is the short form of the name Ha-Mim ibn Mann-Allah ibn Harir ibn Umar ibn Rahfu ibn Azerwal ibn Majkasa, also known as Abu Muhammad; he was a member of the
Majkasa sub-tribe of theGhomara Berbers who proclaimed himself a prophet in 925 nearTetouan inMorocco . He was named after a well-known combination ofQur'anic initial letters .His claim was widely accepted among the Ghomara of the time, and he established rules for them. He said that he received a
revelation in the Berber language, portions of which historianIbn Khaldun quotes in Arabic: "O You who are beyond sight, who watches the world, release me from my sins! O You who savedMoses from the sea, You believe in Ha-Mim and in his father Abu-Khalaf Mann Allah..."He died in 927 fighting the
Masmuda Berbers nearTangier , and was succeeded politically by his son Isa, who sent an embassy to theUmayyad Caliph Abd-ar-rahman III an-Nasir. His religion's later history is unclear, but it vanished well before even Ibn Khaldun's time.
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