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Zirid Sultanate
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| 973–1152 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Ashir (before 1057)r Kairouan (until 1057) Mahdia (after 1057) |
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| Common languages | Berber, Classical Arabic, African Romance | ||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||
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• 973–984
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Buluggin ibn Ziri | ||||||||||
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• 1121–1152
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Abul-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali | ||||||||||
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• Established
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973 | ||||||||||
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• Disestablished
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1152 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Dinar | ||||||||||
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The Zirid dynasty were a Berber group. They were from what is now modern Algeria. The capital was Kairouan.
The Hammadids came from this group.
Zirid rulers
- Abul-Futuh Sayf ad-Dawla Bologhine Ibn Ziri (973-983)
- Abul-Fat'h al-Mansur ibn Buluggin (983-995)
- Abu Qatada Nasir ad-Dawla Badis ibn Mansur (995-1016)
- Sharaf ad-Dawla al-Muizz ibn Badis (1016–1062) declared independence from the Fatimids 1048, changed capital to Mahdia in 1057 after Kairouan was lost to the Banu Hilal.
- Abu Tahir Tamim ibn al-Muizz (1062–1108); changed the khutba to refer to the Abbasid Caliph in 1087, marking a final break with the Fatimids.
- Yahya ibn Tamim (1108–1131)
- Ali ibn Yahya (1115–1121)
- Abul-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali (1121–1152)
Images for kids
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The Zirid realm (dark green) after the secession of the Hammadids (1018) and before the influx of Banu Hilal tribes (1052)
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