Hammad ibn Buluggin

Hammad ibn Buluggin († 1028 ) was the first ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria (1014-1028).

After the death of his father Buluggin ibn Ziri (972-984), al-Mansur ibn Ziri (984-995), a brother of Hammad, became the new head of the Zirids in Ifrīqiya . Hammad was appointed by him as governor in the central Maghreb / Algeria . As such, he broke the resistance of the Zanata tribes and finally drove them to Morocco . In 1007, Hammad founded the residence al-Qala ("the fortress") in the Hodna Mountains west of Sétif and developed extensive building activity. The palaces and the Great Mosque in particular were praised by contemporaries.

In the period that followed, Hammad gained more and more influence in the western Zirid Empire . In 1014 he declared his independence from the Zirids and recognized the Abbasids in Baghdad (not the Fatimids in Cairo ) as the rightful caliphs . There were battles with the Zirids, but they had to conclude an armistice in 1016 and recognize the independence of the Hammadids in 1018 . Hammad's successor was al-Qaid (1028-1054) under whom relations with the Fatimids in Egypt were resumed.

literature

• Ulrich Haarmann : History of the Arab World. Edited by Heinz Halm . 4th revised and expanded edition. CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47486-1 ( Beck's historical library ).
• Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis Verlag, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .