![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() KEY WORDS: Jerba, settlement pattern, plague, conquest, demographic loss, new settlers' influx, murex, textile production, Ibadi space, ceramic chrono-‐typology. These are juxtaposed with available information gleaned from scanty historical notices. This paper presents the reconstructable settlement patterns of eighth through tenth centuries on the island, which are based on evidence developed from archaeological survey data. The increasing Ibāḍī influx into the territory of Jerba throughout the 3rd /9 th century would indicate that, while the Aghlabi frontier may have reached Jerba, it never became fully rooted there. Only one could, perhaps, be directly connected to these Aghlabi initiatives for attack and defense along the seaboard. A detailed study of settlement patterns on the island of Jerba suggests that at the same time at least three strongholds were operating on the island throughout this century. For the Gulf of Gabès region, their chief ribāṭ was located at Gabès (Qabis) on the mainland. With the beginning of the 3 rd /9 th century, the (Sunni) Aghlabi dynasty was particularly active in establishing a line of the forts (ribāṭs) along the coast of Ifriqīya. ![]()
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