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Zirid rule over Ifriqiya

Type Event Region North Africa Time 996–1016

Around 1001 CE Zirid emir Badis consolidated his vassal rule over Ifriqiya under Fatimid suzerainty, defeating Zanata Berber tribes and the Maghrawa …

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  1. 996–999Eastern Ifriqiya · TunisiaBadis ibn Mansur succeeded his father Mansur as the third Zirid emir and immediately faced the Zanata tribes' offensive from Tiaret toward Tripoli, as well as a combined challenge from Maghrawa chiefs such as Ziri ibn Atiyya.
  2. 1001Ifriqiya · TunisiaWith military aid from his uncle Hammad ibn Buluggin, Badis defeated the Zanata, the Maghrawa, and the Zirid defector Zawi ibn Ziri, consolidating Zirid rule over Ifriqiya.

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