Zirid Dynasty

Also known as Zirid Kingdom, Zirid polity, Zirids, Zirides, Zīrids, Zirid family, Amazigh Zirid dynasty

Sanhaja Berber dynasty 972-1148

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Status: Vassal state of the Fatimid Caliphate , (972–c. 1048), Nominal vassal of the Abbasid Caliphate , (c. 1048–1148)
Capital: 'Ashir , (936–1014), al-Mansuriyya , (972–1057), Mahdia , (1057–1148)
Common languages: Berber (primary), Maghrebi Arabic , African Latin , Hebrew
Religion: Islam ( Shia Islam , Sunni , Ibadi ), Christianity ( Roman Catholicism ), Judaism
Government: Monarchy ( Emirate )
973 984: Buluggin ibn Ziri
1121 1148: Al-Hassan ibn Ali
Currency: Dinar

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The Zirid dynasty (Arabic: الزيريون, romanized: az-zīriyyūn), also known as the Banu Ziri (Arabic: بنو زيري, romanized: banū zīrī), was a Sanhaja Berber dynasty from what is now Algeria which ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya (eastern Maghreb) from 972 to 1148.

Descendants of Ziri ibn Manad, a military leader of the Fatimid Caliphate and the eponymous founder of the dynasty, the Zirids were emirs who ruled in the name of the Fatimids. The Zirids gradually established their autonomy in Ifriqiya through military conquest until officially breaking with the Fatimids in the mid-11th century. The rule of the Zirid emirs opened the way to a period in North African history where political power was held by Berber dynasties such as the Almoravid dynasty, Almohad Caliphate, Zayyanid dynasty, Marinid Sultanate and Hafsid dynasty.