Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis

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Gold dinar minted in the name of al-Mu'izz

Al-Muʿizz ibn Bādīs (

Zirids in Ifriqiya, reigning from 1016 to 1062. His regent was his paternel aunt Saïda bint Mansur until he reached majority.[1]

Name

ism).[2] Ibn Khallikan wrote that he had searched in various books and consulted with scholars from North Africa in an attempt to determine whether al-Mu'izz had a different given name, but he never found any; in the absence of any suggestion to the contrary, he concluded that "al-Mu'izz" must have been his given name.[2]

Political career

According to Ibn Khallikan, al-Mu'izz ibn Badis was born at al-Mansuriya on 19 January 1008 (7 Jumada al-Awwal, 398 AH).[2]

Al-Muizz ascended the throne as a minor following the death of his father

Hammadids of Algeria
, and their independence was finally recognized in 1018.

Al-Muizz took over the government in 1022 following the overthrow of his aunt. The relationship with the

ruled Sicily
in 1038-1040, after intervening with a Zirid army in the civil war that broke out in the island.

The political turmoil notwithstanding, the general economic wellbeing initially made possible an extensive building programme. However, the kingdom found itself in economic crisis in the 1040s, reflected in currency devaluation, epidemic and famine. This may have been related to the high level of tribute which the Zirids were compelled to pay annually to the Fatimids (one million gold dinars a year).

When al-Muizz (under the influence of

Caliphs in 1045 and adopted Sunni orthodoxy,[3][4] the break with the Fatimids was complete.[5] He even denounced the Fatimids and their followers as heretics in newly minted coinage.[6]

The Fatimids then sent a military campaign composed of

Mediterranean
, with the result the coastal cities grew in importance through maritime trade and piracy.

According to Ibn Khallikan, al-Mu'izz died on 13 August 1062 (4

Tamim ibn Muizz
.

Literary career

He is usually thought to be

glue.[9][10]

Ibn Sharaf and Ibn Rashīq were rival poets at his court. He is said to have stoked their rivalry.[11]

References

  1. ISBN 978-9973-807-04-5
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  2. ^ a b c d e Ibn Khallikan. Guillaume Baron Mac-Guckin de Slane (ed.). Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch (Vol. III). pp. 386–8. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. ISBN 9780852550939
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  4. ISBN 9781107023055
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  5. ISBN 9781134259939
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  6. ISBN 9780521414111
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  7. ISBN 978-0-7486-4077-5
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  8. JSTOR 1005932
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  9. ^ "MuslimHeritage.com - Topics". www.muslimheritage.com. Archived from the original on 2002-12-17.
  10. ^ "Technology Transfer in the Chemical Industries". Archived from the original on 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
  11. OCLC 495469525
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Preceded by
Zirid emir of Ifriqiya

1016–1062 		Succeeded by
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