↑Based on Britannica 2008: The state was governed by imams descended from ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Rustam, the austere Persian who founded the state in the 8th century.
↑Concise History of Islam - Muzaffar Husain Syed, Syed Saud Akhtar, B D Usmani [1] "The exact extent of its dominions is not entirely clear, but it stretched as far east as Jabal Nafusa in Libya"