Zirid Dynasty

Sanhaja Berber dynasty 972-1148

Organization dynasty Q205718

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: dynasty, family, historical country^[13]^[14]
Ethnic group: Sanhaja, Berbers^[2]^[3]
Religion or worldview: Sunni Islam, Shia Islam^[4]^[5]
Inception: 972^[21]
Founder: Ziri ibn Manad^[19]
Country: Ifriqiya, al-Andalus, Taifa of Granada, Caliphate of Córdoba, Sicily^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Berber, Maghrebi Arabic^[24]^[25]
Basic form of government: monarchy^[20]
Capital: Achir, Kairouan, Mahdia^[15]^[16]^[17]
Continent: Africa, Europe^[11]^[12]
Currency: dinar^[18]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1148^[22]
Replaces: Fatimid Caliphate^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Zirids en Zīrids en Amazigh Zirid dynasty en Zirid Dynasty en Zirides en Zirid family en Zirid Kingdom en Zirid polity ar زيريون cs Zirí (rod) cs Zirids (rod) cs Ziríes (rod) cs Banú Zirí (rod) cs Banū Zīrī (rod) cs Zīrīdes (rod) cs Zirídovci cs Zirídovci (rod) cs Zīrīd (rod) de Ziriden el Ζιρίδες

🔖 Identifiers · 36

VIAF cluster ID: 753159234166.0B (77.1M–753159234166.0B, n=5)
Library of Congress authority ID: sh85149917
GND ID: 118921150
ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID: 294945555
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300021848
BIBSYS ID: 1470399609610
BabelNet ID: 03490262n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 124055539
Britannica Kids scholars level article ID: 78406
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00542366
Dictionary of the Middle Ages ID: 6210
EU Knowledge Graph item ID: Robert Elliott Speer

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Encyclopaedia of Islam (French edition) ID: SIM-8170
Encyclopaedia of Islam (first edition) ID: COM-0218
Encyclopaedia of Islam (second edition) ID: SIM-8170
Encyclopedie berbere keyword ID: 1979
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Zirid-Dynasty
FAST ID: 218096
Freebase ID: /m/02_3sq
Golden ID: Zirid_dynasty-AMBEPP
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2879335
Grove Art Online ID: T093556
IdRef ID: 083337601
Islamic Art and Architecture ID: 1000
NL CR AUT ID: jo20241212403
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007290412705171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX5498228
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 4001619
OpenHistoricalMap relation ID: 2860257
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803133516781
PACTOLS thesaurus ID: pcrtsNfe3a2kZs, pcrtVEXD2YKALy
Quora topic ID: Zirid-Dynasty
RERO ID (legacy): A010169315
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID: ziriler
Topic's main category: Category:Zirid dynasty
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID: ziridi

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🔗 Connections

← Family 11

Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, Bologhine ibn Ziri, Badis ben Habus, Abdallah ibn Buluggin, Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali, Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin, Badis ibn Mansur, Habbus al-Muzaffar +3 more

Country 5

Sicily, al-Andalus, Caliphate of Córdoba, Ifriqiya, Taifa of Granada

Participated in 4

Mahdia campaign of 1087, Battle of Cerami, Battle of Misilmeri, Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya

Citizens 3

George of Antioch, Ziri ibn Manad, Hammad ibn Buluggin

Instance of 3

family, dynasty, historical country

Capital 2

Kairouan, Mahdia

Continent 2

Europe, Africa

Ethnic group 2

Berbers, Sanhaja

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

Berber, Maghrebi Arabic

Religion or worldview 2

Shia Islam, Sunni Islam

← Capital of 2

Kairouan, Mahdia

Basic form of government 1

monarchy

Currency 1

dinar

EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1

Robert Elliott Speer

Founder 1

Ziri ibn Manad

Participant in 1

Mahdia campaign of 1087

Replaces 1

Fatimid Caliphate

Things located in country 1

Algiers

Topic's main category 1

Category:Zirid dynasty

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Zirid dynasty

← FactGrid item ID 1

Hengoed

← Replaced by 1

Fatimid Caliphate

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Summary

Zirid Dynasty is a dynasty^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[6] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — country (P17): Ifriqiya. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — country (P17): al-Andalus. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — country (P17): Taifa of Granada. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — country (P17): Caliphate of Córdoba. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — country (P17): Sicily. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — continent (P30): Africa. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — continent (P30): Europe. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — instance of (P31): family. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — instance of (P31): historical country. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — capital (P36): Achir. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — capital (P36): Kairouan. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — capital (P36): Mahdia. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — currency (P38): dinar. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — founder (P112): Ziri ibn Manad. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — basic form of government (P122): monarchy. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — religion or worldview (P140): Sunni Islam. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — religion or worldview (P140): Shia Islam. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — ethnic group (P172): Sanhaja. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — ethnic group (P172): Berbers. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — inception (P571): 972. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576): 1148. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — replaces (P1365): Fatimid Caliphate. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Berber. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Zirid Dynasty — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Maghrebi Arabic. Retrieved 2021-04-27. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Zirid Dynasty is an instance of dynasty (Q164950) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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