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The Hammadids, an offshoot of the Zirid
Zirid

The Zirids were a Berber people dynasty, originating in Petite Kabylie among the Kutama tribe, that ruled Ifriqiya , initially on behalf of the Fatimids, for about two centuries, until weakened by the Banu Hilal and finally destroyed by the Almohads....
s, were a Berber
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 dynasty who ruled an area roughly corresponding to modern Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
 for about a century and a half (1008-1152), until, weakened by the Banu Hilal
Banu Hilal

The Banu Hilal were a confederation of Arab tribes that migrated from Arabia into North Africa in the 11th century, having been sent by the Fatimids to punish the Zirids for abandoning Shiism....
's incursions, they were destroyed by the Almohad
Almohad

The Almohad Dynasty , was a Berber people, Muslim dynasty that was founded in the 12th century, and conquered all northern Africa as far as Libya, together with Al-Andalus ....
s. Soon after coming to power, they rejected the Ismaili
Ismaili

Ismailism is a branch of the Islam, and is the second largest part of the Shia Islam community, after the mainstream Twelvers . The Ismaili get their name from their acceptance of Ismail bin Jafar as the divinely appointed spiritual successor to Jafar al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelvers, who accept Musa al-Kazim, younger bro...
 doctrine of the Fatimid
Fatimid

The Fatimid Caliphate or al-Fatimiyyun was an Arab Shi'a dynasty that ruled over varying areas of the Maghreb, Egypt, Sicily, Malta and the Levant from 5 January 909 to 1171....
s, and returned to Maliki
Maliki

The Maliki madhhab is one of the four madhab of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is the third-largest of the four schools, followed by approximately 15% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa and West Africa....
 Sunnism, acknowledging the Abbasid
Abbasid

The Abbasid Caliphate was the third of the Islamic Caliphates of the Islamic Empire. The Caliphate is one of the high points of Islam, and at the time Muslim civilization, together with that of Byzantium, China and India, was the most developed part of the world....
s as rightful Caliph
Caliph

The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah....
s.

Their capital was at first Qalaat Beni Hammad; when this was endangered by the Banu Hilal
Banu Hilal

The Banu Hilal were a confederation of Arab tribes that migrated from Arabia into North Africa in the 11th century, having been sent by the Fatimids to punish the Zirids for abandoning Shiism....
, they moved to Bejaia
Béjaïa

B?ja?a or Bougie in Algerian Arabic) is a Mediterranean seaport on the Gulf of B?ja?a, capital of B?ja?a Province, northern Algeria. Under French colonial empires, it was formerly known under various European names, such as Budschaja in German, Bugia in Italian, and Bougie // ....
 (in 1090.)








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The Hammadids, an offshoot of the Zirid
Zirid

The Zirids were a Berber people dynasty, originating in Petite Kabylie among the Kutama tribe, that ruled Ifriqiya , initially on behalf of the Fatimids, for about two centuries, until weakened by the Banu Hilal and finally destroyed by the Almohads....
s, were a Berber
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 dynasty who ruled an area roughly corresponding to modern Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
 for about a century and a half (1008-1152), until, weakened by the Banu Hilal
Banu Hilal

The Banu Hilal were a confederation of Arab tribes that migrated from Arabia into North Africa in the 11th century, having been sent by the Fatimids to punish the Zirids for abandoning Shiism....
's incursions, they were destroyed by the Almohad
Almohad

The Almohad Dynasty , was a Berber people, Muslim dynasty that was founded in the 12th century, and conquered all northern Africa as far as Libya, together with Al-Andalus ....
s. Soon after coming to power, they rejected the Ismaili
Ismaili

Ismailism is a branch of the Islam, and is the second largest part of the Shia Islam community, after the mainstream Twelvers . The Ismaili get their name from their acceptance of Ismail bin Jafar as the divinely appointed spiritual successor to Jafar al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelvers, who accept Musa al-Kazim, younger bro...
 doctrine of the Fatimid
Fatimid

The Fatimid Caliphate or al-Fatimiyyun was an Arab Shi'a dynasty that ruled over varying areas of the Maghreb, Egypt, Sicily, Malta and the Levant from 5 January 909 to 1171....
s, and returned to Maliki
Maliki

The Maliki madhhab is one of the four madhab of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is the third-largest of the four schools, followed by approximately 15% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa and West Africa....
 Sunnism, acknowledging the Abbasid
Abbasid

The Abbasid Caliphate was the third of the Islamic Caliphates of the Islamic Empire. The Caliphate is one of the high points of Islam, and at the time Muslim civilization, together with that of Byzantium, China and India, was the most developed part of the world....
s as rightful Caliph
Caliph

The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah....
s.

Their capital was at first Qalaat Beni Hammad; when this was endangered by the Banu Hilal
Banu Hilal

The Banu Hilal were a confederation of Arab tribes that migrated from Arabia into North Africa in the 11th century, having been sent by the Fatimids to punish the Zirids for abandoning Shiism....
, they moved to Bejaia
Béjaïa

B?ja?a or Bougie in Algerian Arabic) is a Mediterranean seaport on the Gulf of B?ja?a, capital of B?ja?a Province, northern Algeria. Under French colonial empires, it was formerly known under various European names, such as Budschaja in German, Bugia in Italian, and Bougie // ....
 (in 1090.)

Hammadid Rulers

  • Hammad ibn Buluggin
    Hammad ibn Buluggin

    Hammad ibn Buluggin was the first ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria .After the death of his father Buluggin ibn Ziri, al-Mansur ibn Buluggin , Hammad's brother, became the head of the Zirid dynasty in Ifriqiya, and installed Hammad as governor of the central Maghreb ....
    , 1008-1028
  • al-Qaid ibn Hammad
    Qaid ibn Hammad

    Qaid ibn Hammad was Hammadid of Algeria . He was preceded by Hammad ibn Buluggin and superseded by Muhsin ibn Qaid in 1045....
    , 1028-1045
  • Muhsin ibn Qaid, 1045-1046
  • Buluggin ibn Muhammad ibn Hammad, 1046-1062
  • an-Nasir ibn Alnas
    Nasir ibn Alnas

    An-Nasir ibn Alnas was the fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria .An-Nasir succeeded Buluggin ibn Muhammad after his murder in 1062. After the decline of the Zirids in Ifriqiya as a result of the invasion of the Banu Hilal , An-Nasir was able to extend the influence of the Hammadids in the Maghreb....
     ibn Hammad, 1062-1088
  • al-Mansur ibn Nasir
    Mansur ibn Nasir

    Mansur ibn Nasir was the sixth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria .Under al-Mansur, the son of Nasir ibn Alnas the decline of the Hammadid kingdom began....
    , 1088-1104
  • Badis ibn Mansur, 1104
  • Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur, 1104-1121
  • Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz, 1121-1152