The Banu Sumadih were an 11th century Islam

Islam

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ic dynasty that ruled the Moorish

Moors

The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of the Maghreb region who are predominately of Berber and Arab descent. They came to conquer and rule the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years. At that time they were Muslim, although earlier the people had followed...

 Taifa of Almería

Taifa of Almeria

The Taifa of Almería was a Muslim medieval kingdom in what is now the province of Almería in Spain...

 (present day Almería

Almería (province)

-History:The rich customs and Fiestas of the denizens retain links deep into the past, unto the Moors, the Romans, the Greeks, and the Phoenicians.During the taifa era, it was ruled by the Moor Banu al-Amiri from 1012 to 1038, briefly annexed by Valencia , then given by Zaragoza to the Banu Sumadih...

 province, Spain) in Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus

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Dynasty

The Banu Sumadih dynasty in the Almería taifa were subordinate to the Taifa of Zaragoza

Taifa of Zaragoza

The taifa of Zaragoza was an independent Muslim state in Moorish Al-Andalus, present day eastern Spain, which was established in 1018 as one of the taifa kingdoms, which emerged in the 11th century following the destruction of the Caliphate of Córdoba in the Moorish Iberian Peninsula.During the...

, until conquered by the Almoravid dynasty. The last Banu Sumadih emir

Emir

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 fled to the Hammadid

Hammadid

The Hammadids were a Berber dynasty who ruled an area roughly corresponding to north-eastern modern Algeria for about a century and a half , until they were destroyed by the Almohads...

 king al-Mansur

Al-Mansur

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 in 1102, who gave him command of Dellys

Dellys

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 in Algeria

Algeria

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Rulers

The Banu Sumadih dynasty rulers were:

• Ma'n ibn Muhammad ibn Sumadih (1041–1051), installed by Granada
  Granada
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• Al-Mu'tasim ibn Sumadih (1051–1091), a noted Arabic
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   poet
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• Mu'izz ud-Dawla ibn Sumadih (1091–1102), fled to the Hammadid
  Hammadid
  The Hammadids were a Berber dynasty who ruled an area roughly corresponding to north-eastern modern Algeria for about a century and a half , until they were destroyed by the Almohads...
  
   Berber
  Berber people
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   dynasty; granted command of north African Dellys
  Dellys
  Dellys is a small coastal town in northern Algeria, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the river Sebaou. It is notable for an Ottoman-era casbah, two colonial-era lighthouses , and some beaches; the principal activities of the area are fishing and farming. In Roman times, it was...
  
  after 1102.