Hammadid dynasty

The state of the House of Hammad ibn Buluggin in al-Qal'a, of the kings of the Sanhaja. It is a branch of the Zirid state. Hammad became independent of Ashir and al-Masila in 398 AH (1007 CE) in the days of Badis. The data date its end roughly to 547 AH (1152 CE), at the hands of Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad. ¹

Al-Mansur Buluggin appointed his brother Hammad over Ashir and al-Masila, and he became independent there. He fought the Zanata in the central Maghrib and inflicted heavy losses on them, and he was victorious over them. ¹

Hammad laid out the city of al-Qal'a, and moved the Jarawa there. Its building and settlement were completed at the start of the fourth century AH, and students of knowledge and craftsmen travelled to it. ¹

Their state lasted in al-Qal'a and Bejaia until Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad wiped it out. ¹