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The Ribat of Monastir (Arabic: رباط المنستير) is a ribat, an Islamic defensive structure, located in Monastir, Tunisia. It is the oldest ribat built by the Arab conquerors during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. [2] It is also the most prominent monument of the city of Monastir.
The best-known examples are the Ribat of Sousse and the Ribat of Monastir, both dating generally from the Aghlabid period in the 9th century. A ribat was a type of residential fortress which was built to guard the early frontiers of Muslim territory in North Africa, including the coastline. They were built at intervals along the coastline so ...
The ribat of Monastir is the oldest and most important defensive work to have been built along the North African coastline by the Arab conquerors in the early days of Islam. Founded in 796, this building underwent several modifications during the medieval period.
Monastir, also called Mestir (Arabic: المنستير Monastīr / Mestīr ⓘ, from the Greek μοναστήριον "hermit's cell, monastery"), is a city on the central coast of Tunisia, in the Sahel area, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Sousse and 162 kilometres (101 miles) south of Tunis. Traditionally a fishing port, Monastir is ...
[4]: 25 The Ribat of Monastir was founded in 796 by the Abbasid governor Harthama ibn A'yan, but it has gone through multiple modifications, restorations, and expansions, making the chronology of its construction difficult to outline. It gained prestige over time as a teaching place, as a religious retreat, and as a burial place.
In their terminology, ʻArḍ al-Ribat "Land of the Ribat" is a name for Palestine, with the literal meaning of "the land of standing vigilant watch on the frontier", understood in the context of their ideology of global jihad, which is fundamentally opposed to Palestinian nationalism. [5]
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The Ribat of Sousse was founded during the 8th century, [2] or late 8th century, [3] [4] during the tenure of the Abbasid governor Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi (d. 787). [3] There is also evidence that the site of the ribat was formerly occupied in Classical antiquity, reflecting the fact that many ribats in Tunisia were built over the remains of more ancient fortifications.