Maghrib

The Maghreb, Maghrib, Berber world, Barbary, or Berbery (Arabic: المغرب‎ al-Maɣréb; Berber languages: Tamazɣa or Tamazgha, ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵗⴰ) is a major region of North Africa that consists primarily of the countries Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania. It additionally includes the disputed territories of Western Sahara (mostly controlled by Morocco) and the cities of Melilla and Ceuta (both controlled by Spain and claimed by Morocco). As of 2017, the region has a population of over 100 million people.

Maghrib in In High Places

The Maghrib lay between Spain and the homeland of Musa ibn Ibrahim.

Maghrib in Through Darkest Europe

Republican Sultanate of the Maghrib
Through Darkest Europe 1st POD: c. 1100 CE 2nd POD c. 1265 CE
Capital:	Tunis
National Language:	Arabic
Government:	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Status:	Active

The Republican Sultanate of the Maghrib was one of the more enlightened and progressive nations in the world. A constitutional monarchy, the Maghrib had a Sultan as its head of state and a Wazir as its head of government. Key cities included Tunis (the national capital) and Algiers.

The Maghrib maintained a healthy presence in the Mediterranean Sea, controlling both Sicily and Malta. Consequently, the Sultan's government was very interested in the affairs of the Grand Duchy of Italy, who maintained claims to Sicily, even though it had been Maghribi for centuries. The government of the Maghrib was aware of the potential threat a hardline government in Italy could pose to the region, and so had a vested interest in supporting the more progressive government of Cosimo III. This included sending governments agents Khalid al-Zarzisi and Dawud ibn Musa to Italy to help investigate the activities of the Aquinists.

Literary Comment

While the exact borders of the Sultanate are never specified, the clues provided suggest that the borders of the fictional Sultanate match the historical Maghrib region.