Zirid dynasty | |||||||||||||
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972–1148 | |||||||||||||
Status | Vassals of the Fatimid Caliphate (972–1048) Independent (1048–1148) | ||||||||||||
Capital | Achir (before 1014), Kairouan (from 1014 to 1057), Mahdia (after 1057)[1] | ||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
• Established | 972 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1148 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Dinar | ||||||||||||
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Today part of |
The Zirid dynasty were a Berber group. They were from what is now modern Algeria. The capital was Achir.
The Hammadids came from this group.