Zirid dynasty

The Zirid dynasty were a Berber group. They were from what is now modern Algeria. The capital was Kairouan.

Zirid dynasty
972–1148
Zirid territory (green) at its maximum extent around the year 980
Status	Vassals of the Fatimid Caliphate (972–1048) Independent (1048–1148)
Capital	Achir (before 1014), Kairouan (from 1014 to 1057), Mahdia (after 1057)
Common languages	Berber (primary), Maghrebi Arabic, African Latin, Hebrew
Religion	Islam (Shia Islam, Sunni, Ibadi), Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Judaism
Government	Monarchy (Emirate)
Emir
• 973–984	Buluggin ibn Ziri
• 1121–1148	Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali
History
•	972
•	1148
Currency	Dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Fatimid Caliphate Hammadid dynasty Kingdom of Africa Khurasanid dynasty
Today part of	Algeria Morocco Libya Tunisia Malta Spain

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)

Zirid Dynasty Media

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  Surat Al-An'am of the "Nurse’s Quran”, executed in fine Kufic script and commissioned by a nursemaid serving a Zirid sultan in 1020.

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  Remains of the palace at 'Ashir, the residence founded by Ziri ibn Manad

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  Detail of the wooden maqsura added to the Great Mosque of Kairouan during the reign of al-Mu'izz

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  Map of the Taifa of Granada in the first half of the 11th century