Zirid

Noun

Meaning

Zirid (plural Zirids)

(historical) A member of a Sanhaja Berber dynasty, from what is now Algeria, that ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya (eastern Maghreb) from 972 to 1148.

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Examples

Although his Zirid dynasty was overthrown by Roger II of Sicily in 1148, the Zirids had already lost control of Algiers to their cousins the Hammadids in 1014. Source: Internet

In 1048 the Zirid ruler Al-Muizz ibn Badis rejected his city's obedience to the Fatimids and re-established Sunni rites throughout all of Ifriqiya. Source: Internet

His armies intervened in Zirid Ifriqiya, removing the Christian Sicilians by 1160. Source: Internet

Probably in 1048, the Zirid ruler or viceroy, el-Mu'izz, decided to end this suzerainty. Source: Internet

Zirid rule in Tripolitania was short-lived though, and already in 1001 the Berbers of the Banu Khazrun broke away. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ziresovir Zirian Zirianian Zirin zirkelite zirkite