 As soon as the mighty Habib was safely gone, Maysara assembled his coalition of Berber armies, heads shaven in the Sufri Kharijite fashion and with Qura'nic inscriptures tied to their lances and spears, and brought them bearing down on Tangiers.The city soon fell into rebel hands and the hated governor Omar al-Moradi was killed.It was at this point that Maysara is said to have taken up the title and pretences of "amir al-mu'minin" ("Commander of the Faithful", or "Caliph").