Abstract Women in medieval Maghreb occupied a high position in Rustumid society, as sources mention a number of them who were not only wives of imams and jurists, but they had a deep jurisprudential, intellectual and historical imprint, which they drew with their prominent works and which continued to be passed on by tongues in gatherings and transmitted by pens in the pages of books. The Rustumid state (160-296 AH) was known for its capital, Tahert, nicknamed the Iraq of the Maghreb, and for its rich, infallible library, which sources mention was burned by the soldiers of Abu Abdullah al-Shi’i in the year 296 AH. There is no doubt that it contained thousands of volumes in all kinds of sciences and arts, some of which were written locally and some of which were brought from other regions. The RustumidIbadi women had a significant share of those volumes, and we are about to mention examples of those women who left a legacy of jurisprudence, history, doctrine, and various fields. Perhaps the oral heritage passed down through generations, which was mentioned by Ibadi sources in general and books of biography in particular,This is the best evidence of the ability of Ibadi women in the Rustumid era to compete with men in gatherings for remembrance, knowledge, preaching and fatwas, and their femininity did not prevent them from excelling and holding or participating in debate sessions. Therefore, we pose a question about the biographies of both the sister of Imam Aflah al-Rustumi and the sister of Amrus ibn Fath al-Masakani, and the extent of their contributions to the Ibadi and Islamic intellectual heritage in general, as examples of learned IbadiRustumid women. Using a historical and descriptive approach, we can examine the most important milestones in the lives of each of them. This is the sister of Imam al-Rustumi, Aflah ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Tiharti (3rd century AH), who was well versed in astronomy and rivaled her brother, the Imam, demonstrating the prevalence of this knowledge among women as well as men. And this is the sister of Amrus ibn Fath al-Masakani al-Nafusi (250-300 AH), who attained a high degree of proficiency in various scientific fields.She and her brother are credited with copying the jurisprudential collection entitled “The Ibadi Jurisprudential Encyclopedia” by Abu Ghanim Bashir bin Ghanim al-Khorasani in twelve parts. She was an eyewitness to the famous Battle of Manu in the year 283 AH, in which about 480 of the best Ibadi scholars were martyred, and she was taken captive along with others.They were among the best women of the Rustum tribe in their time. Although they did not have extensive knowledge of writing and reading, they were able to enlighten their societies with the knowledge that God had bestowed upon them. They were described as knowledgeable, learned, pious, and wise women, and women in their gatherings remember them as role models and emulate them for those qualities. Keywords : The Rustumid state, Ibadi women, the Maghreb, thought and culture
D.r. Salah Zerouil (Mon,) studied this question.