Later Years
It is common to denote 742 or 743 as the 'end' of the Great Berber Revolt, after the failure of the Berber armies to seize Kairouan or Córdoba. But the Berber hold on Morocco would continue, leading to the establishment of the Barghwata state in Tamesna by 744, Abu Qurra's state in Tlemcen by 742, and the Midrarid emirate in Sijilmassa by 758. Later, in 789, the Idrisid dynasty, considered as the founder dynasty of the modern Moroccan state, was established with Berber support.
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