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Name: Hammadid Dynasty

Type: Polity

Start: 1015 AD

End: 1152 AD

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Was a branch of the Sanhaja Berber dynasty that ruled an area roughly corresponding to north-eastern modern Algeria between 1008 and 1152.

Establishment


  • January 1015: Hammadid Secession from the Fatimid Caliphate.
  • Chronology


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    1. Reconquista


    Were a series military campaigns from the 8th century until 1492 by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to reconquer the region from the Islamic rulers that had conquered it during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.

    1.1.Conquests of Yusuf ibn Tashfin

    Expansion during the rule of Yusuf ibn Tashfin in the Almoravid Caliphate.

  • January 1081: Almoravid Yusuf ibn Tashfin brought the large area of what is now known as Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania into complete subjection.

  • 2. Military campaign of Roger II of Sicily in Africa


    The King of Sicily Roger II conquered large amounts of territories in North Africa in a series of military campaigns.

  • January 1149: Tunis under the Siculo-Norman Kingdom.
  • January 1149: Between 1146 and 1148 the Normans of Sicily conquered all the coastal towns of ifriquiya.

  • 3. Establishment and expansion of the Almohad Caliphate


    Were the conquests of Abd al-Mu'min, founder of the Moroccan Almohad Caliphate.

  • January 1153: Expansion of the Almohad Caliphate before 1152.
  • January 1153: Under Abd al-Mumin, the Almohads conquered the Hammadid central Maghreb.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1058: In 1057, the tribes of the Atlas Mountains were conquered by the Almoravid Caliphate, led by the Berber dynasty of Almoravids.

  • January 1129: The Khurasanid Dynasty was annexed to the Hammadid kingdom in 1128.

  • January 1141: The Kingdom of Sicily occupied the settlement of Djidjelli.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1153: Expansion of the Almohad Caliphate before 1152.
  • January 1153: Under Abd al-Mumin, the Almohads conquered the Hammadid central Maghreb.
  • Selected Sources


  • Duby, G. (1991): L'Atlas Historique Mondial, Larousse, p. 259
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