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- Maghreb
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In time
Overview
The Zirid state of the Banu Ziri ibn Manad al-Sanhaji, governors of the Fatimids in Ifriqiya. It began in 358 AH (969 CE), when al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah chose Buluggin ibn Ziri, and it ended in 555 AH (1160 CE) at the hands of Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad. 1
The beginning
When al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah moved east in 358 AH, he chose Buluggin ibn Ziri for the affairs of Ifriqiya and the Maghrib, except Sicily. He gave him the kunya Abu al-Futuh and the title Sayf al-Dawla. 1
Rule and the split of Hammad
Rule passed to his son al-Mansur, and then to Badis. Then his brother Hammad split away from them in the central Maghrib. 1
The move to al-Mahdiyya
Ibn Khaldun says that the Hilali Arabs overran their state after the Banu Sulaym migrated to Ifriqiya. They moved to al-Mahdiyya and remained there until Abd al-Mu'min the Almohad destroyed them in 555 AH. 1
The data say that Abd al-Mu'min's arrival was in 554-555 AH, and that the conversion to the Gregorian calendar is derived. 2
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.1631-1639
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Zirid dynasty”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/zirid-dynasty/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.