Tamīm ibn al-Muʿizz az-Zīrī

Tamīm ibn al-Muʿizz az-Zīrī (تميم بن المعز الزيري / Tamīm b. al-Muʿizz az-Zīrī , † 1108 ) was the fifth ruler of the Zirids in Ifrīqiya and ruled from 1062 to 1108.

Tamīm took over the rule in Ifrīqiya on the death of his father al-Muʿizz ibn Bādīs az-Zīrī in 1062 . At that time the Zirid Empire was in disintegration after the invasion of the Banu Hilal . Only the coastal cities were still controlled; the Bedouins could not recapture the hinterland . The Zirids did not go unchallenged in the coastal cities either. So the rule over Tunis was lost to the Banu Hurasan (1063-1128). The capital al-Mahdiya was attacked by Genoa and Pisa in 1087 and had to buy itself out with a large ransom. This made clear the increasing dominance of the Christian powers in the Mediterranean , which was also manifested in the conquest of Muslim Sicily by the Normans (1061-1092).

When he died in 1108 he was followed by Yahya ibn az-Ziri († 1116).

literature

• Ulrich Haarmann : History of the Arab World . Ed .: Heinz Halm . 4th edition. CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47486-1 .
• Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work . Artemis, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .
• Herbert EJ Cowdrey: The Mahdia Campaign of 1087 . In: The English Historical Review . tape 92 = 362 , January 1977, ISSN  0013-8266 , p. 1-29 .