Buluggin ibn Ziri
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Buluggin ibn Ziri | |
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Emir of Maghreb | |
Zirids | |
Father | Ziri ibn Manad |
Religion | Islam |
Buluggin ibn Ziri, often transliterated Bologhine, in full ʾAbū al Futūḥ Sayf ad Dawlah Bulukīn ibn Zīrī ibn Manād aṣ Ṣanhājī (
Bologhine, a suburb in the city of Algiers, is named after him.
Biography
Buluggin was born in the region of Titteri, in what is now Algeria.[5] While his father Ziri ibn Menad was emir of the central Maghreb, Buluggin ibn Ziri founded the city of Algiers on the site of the ancient Roman Icosium in 960, but also Médéa and Miliana. He also rebuilt the villages destroyed by the various revolts.[6]
On the death of his father, in a battle against
Buluggin continued the fight against the
The Fatimids transferred their court from
Bologhine Ziri received from the Caliph the titles of Abu al-Futuh, "Father of Victories" and Sayf ad-Dawla "Sword of Empire".
Little is known about the personal life of Buluggin however chroniclers state that he had many women around him and that prior to his rule of the Maghreb he had 400 concubines and one day he received the good tidings of the birth of seventeen children.[15]
In May 984, Bologhine died, and his son Al-Mansur succeeded him in all his attributions.
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