Group
Ifriqiyah, Zirid Dynasty of
The Zirid dynasty, a Sanhaja Berber dynasty, governs Ifriqiya from 973 to 1148.
Initially governing on behalf of the Fatimids, the Zirids become independent in 1048.
They are weakened by the invasion of the Banu Hilal tribes in the second half of the 11th century and finally destroyed by Sicilian Normans in 1148.
The Hammadids of Central Maghreb and the Zawids of Granada are offshoots of this dynasty.
Member Cities
- Kairouan > El Kairouan Al-Qayrawan Tunisia Capital
- Aghmat Marrakech Morocco Location
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad Algeria Location
- Al-Mansuriya Al-Qayrawan Tunisia Location
- Annaba (Bône) Annaba Algeria Location
- Aoudaghost Mauritania Location
- Bejaïa (Bougie) Bèjaïa Algeria Location
- Benghazi > Banghazi Banghazi Libya Location
- Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt Location
- Castrogiovanni Sicilia Italy Location
- Castronuovo di Sicilia Sicilia Italy Location
- Catana > Catania Sicilia Italy Location
- Ceuta Spanish Morocco Spain Location
- Cyrenaica Libya Location
- Enna Sicilia Italy Location
- Fez > Fés Figuig Morocco Location
- Gabés Qabis Tunisia Location
- Girgenti > Agrigento Sicilia Italy Location
- Lipari Sicilia Italy Location
- Mahdia Al-Mahdiyah Tunisia Location
- Marrakech Marrakech Morocco Location
- Marsala Sicilia Italy Location
- Mazara del Vallo Sicilia Italy Location
- Misilmeri Sicilia Italy Location
- Palermo > Panormus Sicilia Italy Location
- Pisa Toscana Italy Location
- Ragusa > Dubrovnik Dubrovnik-Neretva Croatia Location
- Salé Rabat-Sale Morocco Location
- Sciacca Sicilia Italy Location
- Sfax Safaqis Tunisia Location
- Sijilmasa Morocco Location
- Sijilmassa Er-Rachidia Morocco Location
- Syracuse > Siracusa Sicilia Italy Location
- Tanger (Tangier) Tanger Morocco Location
- Taroudant Taroudannt Morocco Location
- Tiznit Tiznit Morocco Location
- Trapani > Drepana > Drepanum Sicilia Italy Location
- Tripoli > Tarabulus Tarabulus Libya Location
- Tripolis > Tarabulus Tarabulus Libya Location
- Tunis Tunis Tunisia Location