Aflaḥ b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Aillet, Cyrille
Leiden
Brill
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Aflaḥ b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb was the third imām (r. 208-56/823-72) of the Rustamids (r. c.161-296/778-909), an Ibāḍī dynasty founded by his grandfather ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Rustam (d. probably in 168/784-5) in Tāhart. In Aflaḥ's time, Ibāḍism was still a popular doctrine in the central Maghrib, southern Ifrīqiya, and Tripolitania. The imāmate-not a politically unified structure but a confederation of tribes ruled by a charismatic leader-was among the most influential powers in North Africa, and Tāhart became